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''President [[George Washington]] and Charles L'Enfant, the French planner of the federal city, chose the site for the residence. Congress selected a design by James Hoban, an Irish emigrant architect living in Charleston, South Carolina for the structure. Modeled after Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland, Hoban's plan featured the [[Andrea Palladio|Palladian]] style popular in Europe.'' [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct13.html]
''President [[George Washington]] and [[Pierre L'Enfant|Charles L'Enfant]], the French planner of the federal city, chose the site for the residence. Congress selected a design by James Hoban, an Irish emigrant architect living in Charleston, South Carolina for the structure. Modeled after Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland, Hoban's plan featured the [[Andrea Palladio|Palladian]] style popular in Europe.'' [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct13.html]
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