The white House began to be built in 1792, but it was not+ y% y; ^/ I" \ |! i
completed until ten years later. Every American president lived/ H' o: O/ k7 l m
in it except for George Washington, although he did have a 1.________3 T% E# ?% S7 M" m: L
majority part in designing it. 2.________ The government held a competition to choose the best, Z' s& |0 m/ m
design for the president's house. The winner was a young man of 3.________1 R, b! g* a' p5 ~" `8 J
South Carolina, James Hoban. His design was a three-level9 ]0 B7 S' G }1 D
house of stone. And President Washington made some changes
* |; r- p) _3 ^) x. P in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and 4.________1 W/ F& G) N' d: W6 r! q: j
changed it into a two-storied house instead of three. # a# v% C3 |) H- I& J% |- V
The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the 5.________
# P1 Q& k) x" S( C White House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house 6.________
- H9 q2 \/ b# L# |# V in November, 1800, work was still going on, although the main- T0 l/ o F3 F- _% Z+ g4 N/ e
live area was completed. The whole work did not finish until the 7.________. R8 t% H+ y0 H+ v! u" p+ J, p
administration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.
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