The
White House

Introduction
They first started to build the White House in 1792. President
George Washington was overseeing the building of the White House but
never lived in it. It was finished in 1800 and John Adams was the first
to live in it. It has survived two fires, one in 1814 and another one
in 1929. There are 35 bathrooms, 6 floors and 132 rooms. The white
house has a theater, jogging track, swimming pool, bowling alley, and a
tennis court.
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Tyler Coke, 8th Grade St. Gabriel School
Louisville, KY
2011