 Latrobe and Jefferson sketches of reconstructed White House, around 1803
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First public reception at White House on New Year's Day, 1801
The White House Collection
White House Historical Association
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- House is open to the public on
January 1.
- Adams term ends in the White House, after spending the last four months of his presidency there.
- First public reception at the White House is held on New Year's Day.
- Thomas Jefferson becomes the first president inaugurated in Washington.
- Jefferson appoints Benjamin Henry Latrobe to complete the design of the White House.
- Jefferson undertakes new plans for the garden, including a stone wall around the house. He also begins to plant trees around the house.
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- Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed on May 2, 1803.
- Lewis and Clark expedition is planned at the White House.
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- Pavilions and terraces are added to the east and west sides of the main building.
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- Dolley Madison arranges the wedding of her sister, Lucy Payne Washington to Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd. It is the first wedding ceremony held in the White House.
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- Dolley Madison arranges to save treasures from the president's house, as she flees the British who invade the capital during the War of 1812.
- The British set fire to the house. The interior is destroyed while the exterior walls remain intact.
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| A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814
G. Munger del.; W. Strickland sculp.
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- James Hoban is hired to rebuild the White House.
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