John Adams. George Washington never lived there because it hadn't been built yet.
The President's House and the Executive Mansion
Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to refer to the Executive Mansion as the White House.
The White House, Washington, D.C. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is the executive mansion for the US President.
The White House but the most popular nicknames are 'Presidential Mansion', 'President's Palace', 'President's house' and 'Executive Mansion'.
The president's mansion is called the White House. That name is unofficial; it is referred to as the executive mansion in Congressional directives.
President's House, Executive Mansion
No, the White House came later. The name, "White House" was the idea of President Teddy Roosevelt who wanted a more down-to-earth name than "Executive Mansion". There was an executive mansion in the first capital of the US: Philadelphia, though.
In the US, it was officially called the executive mansion. The white house was rather a nickname for it that people starting using.
The White House's original official name was the Executive Mansion, though people generally referred to it as the President's House, the President's Palace, or the Presidential Mansion. It was first called the White House in 1811, and not, as is commonly thought, after the building was repaired and repainted after the War of 1812. The building was still officially called the Executive Mansion until Theodore Roosevelt, in 1901 and 1902, had the White House written on the official stationery and issued a proclamation establishing the new name.
Illinois Executive Mansion was created in 1855.
Executive Mansion - Virginia - was created in 1813.
The White House is what president's official home is called. This used to be an unofficial name for the executive mansion but at some point became the name that is universally used. Theodore was the first to use "White House" on his official stationery.The official executive mansion provided as a home for US presidents is usually called the White House, located in Washington D.C.