White House: The history of the White House is quite interesting, this is its specialty including 132 rooms.

Digital Desk, New Delhi. Voting continues for the presidential elections in America. America’s White House will soon get a new President. The White House has been the official residence of the President since 1800. John Adams was the first American President to live in the White House.

There are 132 rooms in the White House and every room is decorated with flowers. There are 35 bathrooms, a personal movie screening theater and a bowling alley room. Apart from this, there is also a ground spread over 18 acres, a swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, and a jogging track.

Blair House, bigger than the White House

There is a guest house close to the White House which is known as Blair House and it is here that the official guests of the President stay. Blair House is bigger than the White House. It has 119 rooms. When a foreign guest stays here, the flag of that country is hoisted here. This means that Blair House becomes the guest’s home during his stay and will be considered foreign land for the President.

The foundation stone was laid on 13 October 1792

The history of the White House is very interesting. The foundation stone for the construction of this building was laid on 13 October 1792. After this, it took 8 years to build this world famous building. This building was designed by Irish architect James Hoban. After the building was constructed it was named “President’s House”.

Reconstruction started again in 1915

The building was completely ruined in 1914 but it was decided to rebuild it. Once again the help of James Hoban, an original architect, was sought. He recreated it without tampering with its original form and with some modifications.

To make the building attractive, it was completely painted white, after which it came to be known as the White House. The official name White House was given by the 26th President of America, Theodore Roosevelt, in the year 1901, after which it came to be known by this name throughout the world.

Ready in 55 thousand square feet

This building is spread over 55 thousand square feet. The building has a total of 6 floors with a total of 132 rooms. There are other excellent facilities available inside the building including theatre, Jacuzzi, tennis court, pool. The total cost of this building has been estimated at Rs 3300 crore.