ORIGIN OF “WHITE HOUSE.”
White House, where an American President for the first time entertained a British Prime Minister, derived its name from a warlike action on the part of England 115 years ago. During the war of 1814 an English force captured Washington and set fire to the presidential residence, which had been erected only a few years before. When it was restored it was found that the walls were so blackened by smoke that it was necessary to treat them with several coatings of white paint . From that paint the house obtained the now officiallyaccepted name (says the London Daily Chronicle).
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Waipa Post, Volume 39, Issue 3087, 10 December 1929, Page 2
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103ORIGIN OF “WHITE HOUSE.” Waipa Post, Volume 39, Issue 3087, 10 December 1929, Page 2
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