The white House began to be built in 1792, but it was not: T( _4 i0 d0 n, w3 {! h0 B- {
completed until ten years later. Every American president lived& `! p5 [5 M, Z
in it except for George Washington, although he did have a 1.________7 a; k0 N6 n: R
majority part in designing it. 2.________ The government held a competition to choose the best( }: k2 z& w" m8 }0 j u- V O* ?! @& K
design for the president's house. The winner was a young man of 3.________6 r, F' L; e. ^0 f1 f9 g, B
South Carolina, James Hoban. His design was a three-level N2 Y6 w N6 S. \" ~8 s- H: \
house of stone. And President Washington made some changes
+ U" M" r a5 H! p% Q) f6 l: z, Y in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and 4.________
& o& W6 F+ I3 O% D" \2 u changed it into a two-storied house instead of three. 4 ~- _* a. e% N$ i, w% H1 n
The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the 5.________1 a: b/ |5 G$ ~0 F' o" V1 n% ?
White House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house 6.________
, Y, \- H' X8 l# V6 n9 X e in November, 1800, work was still going on, although the main
+ ?, E0 r& h: G% O" r& @; Y. N+ @ live area was completed. The whole work did not finish until the 7.________
' Z3 b+ K6 Z! m9 B8 q" U; e4 ^ administration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.
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