The white House began to be built in 1792, but it was not) F. y# {1 l5 u3 O. R3 Y
completed until ten years later. Every American president lived; H; j. @; A/ W
in it except for George Washington, although he did have a 1.________7 f4 ]3 |. r7 _
majority part in designing it. 2.________ The government held a competition to choose the best0 N$ ?/ z6 z4 o. _
design for the president's house. The winner was a young man of 3.________& _9 Z: z5 p; F7 z4 D% x* a
South Carolina, James Hoban. His design was a three-level
( P% J- L; c% l house of stone. And President Washington made some changes
* G. }" R' a z in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and 4.________; p; D% \' }; m% Z7 }1 H9 |# W7 F
changed it into a two-storied house instead of three.
6 a! W, ~# d. F: f3 c) ~ The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the 5.________
% ^5 x E7 C0 R0 Y' } White House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house 6.________. o- r5 T+ C! K6 P0 e# B
in November, 1800, work was still going on, although the main, L/ a. @9 p9 n
live area was completed. The whole work did not finish until the 7.________
6 Z# V( w) f9 {! v. Z, v administration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.5 q2 [- `6 H4 ] k* U* [
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