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The mansion was built of wood in a loose Palladian style; the original house was built in about 1734 by George Washington's father Augustine Washington. [4] George Washington expanded the house twice, once in the late 1750s and again in the 1770s. [4] It remained Washington's home for the rest of his life.
The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, first at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia.
The President's House was a major feature of Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's [a] 1791 plan for the newly established federal city of Washington, D.C. [15] After L'Enfant's dismissal in early 1792, Washington and his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, who both had personal interests in architecture, agreed that the design of the President's ...
The 1940 portrait Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, depicting George Washington presiding over the signing of the Constitution of the United States. The First Continental Congress was a gathering of representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. [14]
The Samuel Osgood House, also known as the Walter Franklin House, was the first official residence of the President of the United States.It housed George Washington, his family, and household staff, from April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790, during New York City's two-year term as the national capital.
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [a] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and planter who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
The Residence Act of 1790 A sketch of Washington, D.C. by Thomas Jefferson in March 1791. The Residence Act of 1790, officially titled An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States (1 Stat. 130), is a United States federal statute adopted during the second session of the 1st United States Congress and signed into law by President George ...
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...