The White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia.Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Government building
- Description: official residence and office of the President of the United States
- Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20500
- Wheelchair access: yes
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Notable Places in the Area
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
The Oval Office
Government office
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The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States.
White House Rose Garden
Garden
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The White House Rose Garden is a garden bordering the Oval Office and the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., United States.
Localities in the Area
Golden Triangle
Neighbourhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C.…
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square.
Foggy Bottom
Suburb
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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant.
The White House
Latitude
38.8977° or 38° 53' 52" northLongitude
-77.03655° or 77° 2' 12" westElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Inception
1st November 1800Levels
5Open Location Code
87C4VXX7+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 238241022OpenStreetMap Feature
building=governmentOpenStreetMap Feature
office=governmentOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
4140704Wikidata ID
Q35525The White House Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: White House
- Afrikaans: Wit Huis
- Afrikaans: Withuis
- Albanian: Shtëpia e Bardhë
- Amharic: ኋይት ሃውስ
- Amharic: ዋይት ሃውስ
- Arabic: White House
- Arabic: البيت الأبيض
- Arabic: البيت الابيض
- Arabic: بيت أبيض
- Arabic: بيت ابيض
- Armenian: Սպիտակ Տուն
- Armenian: Սպիտակ տուն
- Asturian: Casa Blanca
- Aymara: Janq'u Uta
- Azerbaijani: Ağ Ev
- Basque: Etxe Zuria
- Basque: The White House
- Basque: White House
- Bavarian: Weißes Haus
- Belarusian: Белы дом
- Bengali: হোয়াইট হাউস
- Bhojpuri: व्हाइट हाउस
- Bosnian: Bijela kuća
- Breton: Ti Gwenn
- Bulgarian: Белия дом
- Bulgarian: Белият дом
- Burmese: အိမ်ဖြူတော်
- Catalan: Casa Blanca
- Cebuano: Balayng Puti
- Cebuano: White House (parke)
- Cebuano: White House
- Central Kurdish: کۆشکی سپی
- Chechen: КIайн ЦIа (Вашингтон)
- Chechen: КIайн ЦIа
- Chechen: КӀайн ЦӀа
- Cheyenne: Vo'kome-mâheo'o
- Chinese: Pe̍h Chhù
- Chinese: 白宫
- Chinese: 白宮
- Chinese: 白屋
- Chinese: 美国白宫
- Chinese: 美國白宮
- Chuvash: Шурă çурт
- Corsican: Casa Bianca
- Croatian: Bijela kuća
- Czech: Bílý dům
- Czech: White House
- Danish: Det Hvide Hus
- Danish: Hvide hus
- Dhivehi: White House
- Dhivehi: ހުދު ގަނޑުވަރު
- Dhivehi: ވައިޓް ހައުސް
- Dutch: The Witte House
- Dutch: Witte Huis
- Egyptian Arabic: البيت الأبيض
- Egyptian Arabic: البيت الابيض
- English: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- English: Executive Mansion
- English: President's House
- English: President's Palace
- English: Presidential Mansion
- English: White House
- English: the White House
- Esperanto: Blanka Domo
- Esperanto: White House
- Estonian: Valge Maja
- Faroese: Tað hvíta húsið
- Finnish: The White House
- Finnish: Valkoinen talo
- Finnish: White House
- French: Maison-Blanche
- French: Maison Blanche
- French: State Floor
- French: The White House
- French: White House
- Galician: Casa Branca
- Georgian: თეთრი სახლი
- German: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- German: Weisses Haus
- German: Weißes Haus
- German: White House
- Greek: Λευκός Οίκος
- Haitian: Mezon Blanch
- Hakka Chinese: Pa̍k-kiûng
- Hausa: Pa̍k-kiûng
- Hausa: White House
- Hebrew: בית הלבן
- Hebrew: הבית הלבן
- Hindi: व्हाइट हाउस
- Hungarian: Fehér Ház
- Hungarian: White House
- Icelandic: Hvíta húsið
- Icelandic: The White House
- Icelandic: White House
- Ido: Blanka Domo
- Iloko: Balay a Puraw
- Indonesian: Gedung Putih
- Indonesian: The White House
- Indonesian: White House
- Interlingua: Casa Blanc
- Interlingua: Domo Blanc
- Irish: An Teach Bán
- Italian: Casa Bianca
- Italian: White House
- Japanese: The White House
- Japanese: White House
- Japanese: アメリカ合衆国大統領府
- Japanese: アメリカ大統領府
- Japanese: ホワイトハウス
- Japanese: ホワイトハウス・コンプレックス
- Japanese: 白堊館
- Javanese: Gedhung Putih
- Javanese: Gedung Putih
- Kannada: ವೈಟ್ ಹೌಸ್
- Kannada: ಶ್ವೇತ ಭವನ
- Kazakh: Ақ Үй
- Kinyarwanda: Perezidansi y'Amerika
- Kinyarwanda: Perezidansi y’Amerika
- Kinyarwanda: White House
- Kirghiz: Ак үй
- Korean: 백악관
- Korean: 화이트하우스
- Kurdish: Qesra Spî
- Latin: Aedes Albae
- Latin: Domus Alba
- Latvian: Baltais nams
- Lingua Franca Nova: Casa Blanca
- Literary Chinese: 白宮
- Lithuanian: Baltieji Rūmai
- Lithuanian: Baltieji rūmai
- Lombard: Cà Bianca
- Low German: Witt Huus
- Luxembourgish: Wäisst Haus
- Macedonian: Белата куќа
- Maithili: व्हाइट हाउस
- Malay: Rumah Putih
- Malay: White House
- Malayalam: White House
- Malayalam: വൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ്
- Malayalam: വൈറ്റ്ഹൌസ്
- Malayalam: വൈറ്റ്ഹൌസ്
- Malayalam: വൈറ്റ്ഹൗസ്
- Manx: Y Thie Bane
- Marathi: व्हाइट हाउस
- Marathi: व्हाइट हाऊस
- Marathi: व्हाईट हाउस
- Mazanderani: اسپه کاخ
- Min Dong Chinese: Băh Gṳ̆ng
- Min Nan Chinese: Pe̍h Kiong
- Mongolian: Цагаан ордон
- Moroccan Arabic: لبيت لبيض
- Narom: Blianche Maison
- Narom: Blianche Maîson
- Narom: Maisoun bllaunche
- Nepali: ह्वाइट हाउस
- Norwegian: Det hvite hus
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det hvite hus
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det kvite hus
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det kvite huset
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hvite Hus
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kvite hus
- Norwegian Bokmål: White house
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det kvite hus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det kvite huset
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det kvite huset i Washington, D.C.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det kvite huset i Washington D.C.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det kvite hus i Washington
- Occitan (post 1500): Ostal Blanc
- Occitan (post 1500): Ostau Blanc
- Ossetian: Урс хæдзар
- Panjabi: ਵਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ
- Persian: کاخ سفید
- Picard: Blanke-Moaison
- Picard: Blanke Moaison
- Piemontese: Ca bianca
- Polish: Biały Dom
- Portuguese: Casa Branca
- Portuguese: White House
- Pushto: سپينه ماڼۍ
- Romanian: Casa Albă
- Romanian: White House
- Russian: White House
- Russian: Белый дом
- Scots: White Hoose
- Scots: White House
- Scottish Gaelic: An Taigh Geal
- Serbian: White House
- Serbian: Бела кућа
- Serbian: Бијела кућа
- Serbo-Croatian: Bela kuća
- Serbo-Croatian: Bijela kuća
- Sicilian: Casa Bianca
- Sicilian: Casa Janca
- Sinhala: ධවල මන්දිරය
- Slovak: Biely dom
- Slovenian: Bela hiša
- South Azerbaijani: آغ ائو
- Spanish: Casa Blanca
- Spanish: La Casa Blanca
- Spanish: The White House
- Spanish: White House
- Spanish: mansión exclusiva
- Swedish: The White House
- Swedish: Vita huset
- Swedish: White House
- Tagalog: White House
- Tamil: வெள்ளை மாளிகை
- Tatar: Ак йорт
- Telugu: వైట్ హౌజ్
- Telugu: వైట్ హౌస్
- Telugu: శ్వేత సౌధం
- Thai: ทำเนียบขาว
- Thai: ไวต์เฮาส์
- Thai: ไวท์เฮาส์
- Turkish: Beyaz Saray
- Turkish: The White House
- Turkish: White House
- Turkmen: Ak Saraý
- Uighur: ئاقساراي
- Ukrainian: Білий дім
- Upper Sorbian: Běły dom
- Upper Sorbian: White House
- Urdu: قصر سفید
- Urdu: وائٹ ہاؤس
- Uzbek: Oq Uy
- Uzbek: Oq uy
- Venetian: Caza Bianca
- Veps: Vauged Pert'
- Veps: Vaugedpert'
- Vietnamese: Bạch Ốc
- Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng
- Vietnamese: Toà Bạch Ốc
- Vietnamese: Tòa Bạch Ốc
- Vietnamese: Tòa Bạch ốc
- Waray (Philippines): Busag nga Balay
- Waray (Philippines): White House
- Welsh: The White House
- Welsh: Ty Gwyn
- Welsh: Tŷ Gwyn
- Welsh: White House
- Welsh: Y Ty Gwyn
- Welsh: Y Tŷ Gwyn
- Welsh: y Tŷ Gwyn
- Western Armenian: Սպիտակ Տուն
- Western Frisian: Wite Hûs
- Western Panjabi: وائٹ ہاؤس
- Wu Chinese: 白屋
- Yiddish: די ווייסע הויז
- Yiddish: ווייט האוז
- Yiddish: ווייסן הויז
- Yiddish: ווייסע הויז
- Yiddish: ווייסען הויז
- Yoruba: The White House
- Yoruba: White House
- Yue Chinese: White House
- Yue Chinese: 白宮
- Zeeuws: Witte 'uus
- Presidents House
- Presidents Palace
Other Places Named The White House
Localities in the Area
- The West EndNeighbourhood
- Penn QuarterQuarter
- ChinatownNeighbourhood
- Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic DistrictNeighbourhood
- Logan CircleLocality
Places in the Area
- White House Meridian
- Floor FrameWork of art
- North Lawn Fountain
- Gate HouseBuilding, 110 metres west
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