The white House began to be built in 1792, but it was not completed until ten years later. Every American president lived in it except for George Washington, although he did have a 1.________ majority part in designing it. 2.________
The government held a competition to choose the best design for the president s house. The winner was a young man of 3.________ South Carolina, James Hoban. His design was a three-level house of stone. And President Washington made some changes in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and 4.________ changed it into a two-storied house instead of three.
The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the 5.________ White House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house 6.________ in November, 1800, work was still going on, although the main live area was completed. The whole work did not finish until the 7.________ administration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.
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