Burned by the British in 1814, the President's House was reconstructed and the charred sandstone walls repainted the white for which it is named by 1817, when James Monroe moved in with his family.

When John Adams was inaugurated as President in March 1797 he lived in Philadelphia, as the White House in Washington, DC was not finished. Adams really was not interested in relocating to ...

1792: James Hoban, an Irish-born architect living in Charleston, S.C., wins a design competition for the White House. 1800: The nation’s second president, John Adams, becomes the first president ...

John Adams and his wife, Abigail, were the first occupants of the President’s House, moving into the unfinished structure in 1800. Fourteen years later, British troops burned it to the ground ...

John Adams was the first president to live in the White House, moving in on November 1st, 1800. The executive mansion has been the official residence of every subsequent president.

White House, as construction finished in 1800, and Washington died in 1799. President John Adams, seen here, was the first president to live in the White House after it was completed.

In 1800, presidents started living in the White House. Harry S. Truman once called the White House a "glamorous prison." Barack Obama has described how the residence had spotty WiFi that ...

When your wedding is at the White House, no detail is too small – even in the 1800s The Bidens will celebrate a granddaughter's wedding at the White House in November.

“Life in the White House is magical every day,” writes First Lady Jill Biden in a new introduction to ... home to every president and first lady since 1800, and its occupants.