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President Washington sought out Hoban, conferred with
him, and quickly selected the architect’s proposed design
for the President’s House in July 1792.
Thomas Jefferson, himself of Irish descent, must have
gained particular pleasure as the second occupant of the
White House in Washington, which was doubtless inspired
by Irish Palladianism. Both Castle Coole and Leinster
House in Dublin claim to have inspired James Hoban.
The Palladianism of the White House is interesting as it
is almost an early form of neoclassicism, especially the
South facade, which closely resembles James Wyatt’s
design for Castle Coole of 1790, also in Ireland. Ironically,
the North facade lacks one of the floors from Leinster
House, while the Southern facade is given one floor more
than Castle Coole, and has an external staircase more in
the Palladian manner.
Time, and occupants, have altered the White
House in many ways. However, the White House image is
Hoban’s entirely. It is a handsome residence, embellished
with unquestionably the finest architectural stone carving
produced in America at that time. And when Hoban rebuilt
it, following the fire in 1814, he was ordered to make it as it
had been, which he did, perpetuating the image and his
own claim to a place in history.
Hoban died on December 8, 1831. He is buried at
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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