Where did the whitehouse in washington dc get it's name from?

Question

Where did the whitehouse in washington dc get it's name from?

Answer 1

Pretty obvious, isn't it?

Answer 2

The building was originally referred to variously as the "President's Palace", "Presidential Mansion", or "President's House". The earliest evidence of the public calling it the "White House" was recorded in 1811. A legend emerged that during the rebuilding of the structure white paint was applied to mask the burn damage it had suffered, giving the building its namesake hue.

Answer 3

Though it is commonly thought that the White House got its name after it was repainted after having been burned by the British during the War of 1812, in fact the name was first used in 1811, before the war. The most popular theory is that the name derives from White House Plantation, Martha Custis Washington's home where she and the first president spent time together.

Official stationery still referred to the building as the Executive Mansion until 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt established "the White House" as the building's official name.