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President's House in Philadelphia was the third U.S. presidential mansion. George Washington occupied it from November 27, 1790, to March 10, 1797, and John Adams occupied it from March 21, 1797, to May 30, 1800.
Lawler, Edward (2002). "The President's House in Philadelphia: The Rediscovery of a Lost Landmark". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 126 (1). University of Pennsylvania Press: 5– 95. JSTOR 20093505. For more than 150 years there has been confusion about the President's House in Philadelphia; Stillman, Damie (October 2005).
The Germantown White House (also known as the Deshler–Morris House) is a historic mansion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest surviving presidential residence, having twice housed Founding Father George Washington during his presidency .
The President's House, which served as the presidential mansion of George Washington, the nation's first president, from 1790 to 1797, and then for John Adams, the nation's second president, from 1797–1800. The Residence Act of 1790 empowered President George Washington to locate a permanent capital along the Potomac River.
President George H.W. Bush was the first to use email in 1992, while the first White House website was produced under President Bill Clinton in 1994. Wikimedia Commons
President Property name Location 1789–1797 George Washington: Mount Vernon: Fairfax County, Virginia: 1793–1794 Deshler-Morris House: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1805–1808 Thomas Jefferson: Poplar Forest: Forest, Virginia: 1853–1857 Franklin Pierce: 48 Central Street [3] Andover, Massachusetts [4] 1857–1860 James Buchanan: Bedford ...
The vice president’s official residence is located on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory a couple of miles from the White House.
After funds were secured, the City of Philadelphia approved the restoration project in 1912 under the supervision of the AIA. Work on Congress Hall was completed the following year when President Woodrow Wilson rededicated the building. Additional work to refurbish the House chamber was completed in 1934. [10]