白宫英文简介

白宫英文简介

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白宫也称为白屋，是美国总统的官邸和办公室，是“总统公园”

的 一部分。下面是

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白宫简介

The

White

House

(also

known

as

the

White

House)

is

the

residence

and

office

of

the

President

of

the

United

States.

In

1902,

President

Theodore

Roosevelt

was

officially named "White House". The White House

is owned by the US National Parks Authority and is part of the

"Presidential Park". The picture on the back of the

twenty dollar bill is the White House.

The White House is a white neo-classical style sandstone

building

located

at

1600

Pennsylvania

Avenue

northwest

of

Washington,

DC.

The

White

House

covers

an

area

of

more

than

73,000

square

meters,

consisting

of

the

main

building

and the east and west wings. Because the White House is the

residence and office of the President of the United States, the

word

"White

House"

often

refers

to

the

US

government, such as "the White House announced that

the Chinese President visited the White House."

白宫建筑沿革

The

White

House

did

not

call

the

White

1

House

long

ago,

and

was

called

the

"President's

House"

and

the

"Palace

of

the

President".

On July 16, 1790, the US Congress passed legislation to decide

to

establish

a

permanent

US

capital

on

the

banks

of

the

Potomac.

It

authorized

the

then

US

President

George

Washington

to

select

the

capital

address.

After

the

location

was selected, the French engineer Pierre Lan Fang was ordered

to

plan

the

city

blueprint.

US

Secretary

of

State

Jefferson

Jefferson

proposed

to

the

President

and

the

Colombian

District

Commissioner

for

the

design

of

the

two,

nationwide

architectural design competition.

March

14,

1792,

the

Colombian

District

Commissioner

announced the race began.

July

17,

1792,

was

born

in

Ireland

and

the

educated

architect in Ireland, Hoban won the race. His design uses the

form of houses in the British Isles. In October 13th of the same

year, by the United States Masonic and the Colombian District

Commissioner

jointly

built

for

the

White

House,

the

official

foundation.

Hoban

is

responsible

for

directing

the

site

construction.

In 1797, when the President of Washington left office, the

White House built only the walls and fitted the roof trusses.

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Hoben personally served as construction architect. First of

all, in the lawn of the north side of the White House today built

three

brick

kilns,

firing

bricks,

for

the

Capitol

and

the

White

House building needs.

Architects

on

the

construction

of

high

quality

requirements, many of the building materials from the United

States the famous origin, so the construction period of a long

delay,

so

that

the

first

president

of

Washington

did

not

live

here. When he left office, the residence had just completed the

outline of the building.

During the construction period, Hoban continues to find

skilled workers outside the United States, to meet the needs of

the

project.

In

1793,

he

hired

a

group

of

tiles

in

Edinburgh,

Scotland.

At

the

same

time,

he

also

hired

some

slaves.

The

base

of

the

White

House

and

the

stone

used

by

the

facade,

taken from the Virginia Glick stone. Stone was shipped along

the

Potomac

River

to

Washington.

White

House

doors

and

windows and flooring used in high quality timber, from North

Carolina

and

Virginia.

Lime

taken

from

Maryland's

Friedrich.

November 1, 1800, the second US president John Adams,

in his departure a few months before, live in the White House.

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