- Formerly named the President’s Palace, Andrew Jackson was the first to call the president’s residence the White House, but Theodore Roosevelt officially changed the name in 1901.
- The White House has 35 bathrooms.
- The White House movie theater was originally a coat room.
- President Jimmy Carter watched more movies (480) in the White House than any other president to date.
- John Adams was the first president to live in the White House, not George Washington. The White House wasn’t built until after Washington’s his presidency.
- Presidents Hoover and Adams both kept alligators as pets in the White House.
- Theodore Roosevelt let his kids bring all of their pets to the White House, including dogs, a hen, a small bear, a lizard, guinea pigs, a pig, a badger, a blue macaw, a garter snake, a one-legged rooster, a hyena, a barn owl, a rabbit, and of course, a pony. Coolidge was just as enamored with animals, bringing a variety of dogs, cats, racoons, a donkey, a bobcat, birds, a bear, an antelope, a wallaby, a pygmy hippo and lion cubs.
- The White House Library contains 2,700 books depicting American history and culture. During President John Adams’ administration, this room was a Laundry room.
- The White House has a collection of approximately 1600 pieces of vermeil. Vermeil is the French word for silver that has been covered in Gold
- There are Three oval-shaped rooms in the White House. The Oval Office is located in the West Wing and serves as the President’s formal office.
- The East Room is the Largest room in the White House; it spans the entire width of the White House!
- The historic furniture in the Blue Room was purchased by President James Monroe in 1817 and was made in France
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