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[[Thomas Jefferson]] was among the many people who submitted a plan for the White House. His design, however, was not chosen. Instead, James Hoban, an Irish immigrant architect living in Charleston, [[South Carolina]], won the competition and a $500 prize, with a design modeled after Leinster House in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. <ref> [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/whitehse_2  The Cornerstone Of The White House.] </ref>

[[Thomas Jefferson]] was among the many people who submitted a plan for the White House. His design, however, was not chosen. Instead, James Hoban, an Irish immigrant architect living in Charleston, [[South Carolina]], won the competition and a $500 prize, with a design modeled after Leinster House in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. <ref> [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/whitehse_2  The Cornerstone Of The White House.] </ref>

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The original name was the Presidential Palace or President's House; it acquired the sobriquet ''The White House'' after it was burned by the British during the [[War of 1812]], and subsequently covered over by white paint to hide the exterior scorch marks. In 1901 (1902?), President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] officially gave the White House its current name.

The original name was the Presidential Palace or President's House; it acquired the sobriquet ''The White House'' after it was burned by the British during the [[War of 1812]], and subsequently covered over by white paint to hide the exterior scorch marks. In 1901 (1902?), President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] officially gave the White House its current name.