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A White House Burns
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Jan 11, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
One of the very symbols of our nation is a residence for our highest elected official, designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style, using sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. Not long after, the house for our Nation's president would almost be obliterated.
Today on America's National Parks, The White House, part of the National Park Service's Presidents Park, in Washington DC.
Today on America's National Parks, The White House, part of the National Park Service's Presidents Park, in Washington DC.
Released:
Jan 11, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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