| − | [[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 Leister 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> |