the White House is the official home and workplace of the president of the United States of America the White House is located in Washington DC the capital of the United States the address is600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington DC [Music] 20500 how old is the White House the first Cornerstone of the White House was laid in 1792 it took over 8 years to finish building and the White House has stood in the same place since 1800 who calls the White House home the White House is where the serving president of the United States and their family
called the first family live it's both a home and an office why is the White House painted white it wasn't always called the White House it was originally known as the president's house but after many years of being referred to by the color of its whitewashed walls it officially became the White House in 1901 the White House has has 132 rooms 35 bathrooms and six levels it has all kinds of fun spaces like a swimming pool movie theater and even a bowling lane the president and their family receive a bill at the end of each
month for household expenses including things like dry cleaning and toiletries and there are around 30,000 visitors to the White House each week which president lived there first even though the White House was built in the 1790s the first president to live there was John Adams who moved in with his wife Abigail in 1800 every president since then has lived there too fun facts about the White House President Harry S Truman added a steel frame to keep the White House from collapsing president Richard Nixon built a on Lane Bowling Alley President Jimmy Carter introduced computers and
solar panels for heating water president Theodore Roosevelt's family kept lots of pets at the White House including a bear and a one-legged rooster during World War I president Buro Wilson used sheep to trim the White House lawn that's all for now for more information and resources related to the White House head to twinkl.com
