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Unit 3 Ⅰ. Cultu?re I.1Cult?ure Tips 1.The White? House? Archi?tectu?ral style?：Neocl?assic?al Curre?nt tenan?ts: Barac?k Obama? Const?ructi?on start?ed: Octob?er 13, 1792 Desig?n and const?ructi?on: James? Hoban? White? House? is the offic?ial resid?ence and princ?ipal workp?lace of the Presi?dent of the Unite?d State?s. Locat?ed at 1600 Penns?ylvan?ia Avenu?e NW in Washi?ngton?, D.C., the house? was desig?ned by Irish?-born James? Hoban?, and built? betwe?en 1792 and 1800 of white?-paint?ed Aquia? sands?tone in the Neocl?assic?al style?. It has been the resid?ence of every? U.S. presi?dent since? John Adams?. When Thoma?s Jeffe?rson moved? into the house? in 1801, he (with archi?tect Benja?min Henry? Latro?be) expan?ded the build?ing outwa?rd, creat?ing two colon?nades? that were meant? to conce?al stabl?es and stora?ge. In 1814, durin?g the War of 1812, the mansi?on was set ablaz?e by the Briti?sh Army in the Burni?ng of Washi?ngton?, destr?oying? the inter?ior and charr?ing much of the exter?ior. Recon?struc?tion began? almos?t immed?iatel?y, and Presi?dent James? Monro?e moved? into the parti?ally recon?struc?ted house? in Octob?er 1817. Const?ructi?on conti?nued with the addit?ion of the South? Porti?co in 1824 and the North? in 1829. Becau?se of crowd?ing withi?n the execu?tive mansi?on itsel?f, Presi?dent Theod?ore Roose?velt had all work offic?es reloc?ated to the newly? const?ructe?d West Wing in 1901. Eight? years? later?, Presi?dent Willi?am Howar?d Taft expan?ded the West Wing and creat?ed the first? Oval Offic?e which? was event?ually? moved? as the secti?on was expan?ded. The third?-floor? attic? was conve?rted to livin?g quart?ers in 1927 by augme?nting? the exist?ing hip roof with long shed dorme?rs. A newly? const?ructe?d East Wing was used as a recep?tion area for socia?l event?s; Jeffe?rsons colon?nades? conne?cted the new wings?. East Wing alter?ation?s were compl?eted in 1946, creat?ing addit?ional? offic?e space?. By 1948, the house?s load