Election Day and the White House

Whether you are voting Democrat or Republican this election, we thought it would be fun to do a little trivia on the White House!

Here are some architectural facts that you might or might not know about the President's House:

Location: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Year Build: 1793 - 1801

Square Feet: 55,000

Architect: James Hoban

Architectural Style: Georgian Neoclassical

First President to Live in the White House: President John Adams (1800)

White House Dimensions: 168 feet long x 85 feet 6 inches wide without porticoes; 152 feet wide with

Height: 70 feet

Number of Rooms: 132; 16 guest rooms, 1 main kitchen, 1 diet kitchen, 1 family kitchen and 35 bathrooms

Number of Doors: 412

Number of Windows: 147

Number of Fireplaces: 28

Staircases: 8

Elevators: 3

Other Fun Facts:

• The kitchen can serve up to 140 for dinner
• It takes more than 570 gallons of paint to cover the outside alone
• The White House has survived two fires
• Besides the traditional dog, other pets to reside at the White House were; tiger cubs, an alligator, a bear and a hippo, a tobacco-chewing ram and a heard of elephants

We hope that you have enjoyed these fun facts and that you go to the polls and vote!