It was not originally.
2007-01-20 01:24:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
A bunch of Drunken Cannucks came down and opened a can of woop *** in 1812 and after they left , White was the only paint left at WAL(China)Mart .
2007-01-20 01:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has nothing to do with the burning of the house by the British in 1814, although every schoolchild is likely to have heard the story that way.
The building was first made white with lime-based whitewash in 1798, when its walls were finished, simply as a means of protecting the porous stone from freezing. Why the house was subsequently painted is not known. Perhaps presidents objected to the dirty look as the whitewash wore away.
The house acquired its nickname early on. Congressman Abijah Bigelow wrote to a colleague on March 18, 1812 (three months before the United States entered war with England): "There is much trouble at the White House, as we call it, I mean the President's" (quoted in W. B. Bryan, "The Name White House," Records of the Columbia Historical Society 34-35 [1932]: 308). The name, though in common use, remained a nickname until September 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt made it official.
2007-01-20 09:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The White house is white because it was painted that colour after it was burned.Why it was burned and why it was painted white I do not know.
2007-01-20 09:28:08 · answer #3 · answered by ROGER S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glidden Paint offered them a better deal. Besides, the Pink House would not sound the same.
2007-01-20 09:27:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
umm its called the white house so y not paint it white
2007-01-20 09:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by shorty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White was the only color paint they had left at the hardware store.
2007-01-20 09:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by 420 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you know why the white house has columns that actually aren't perfectly rectangular?
2007-01-20 09:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
originally the white house was designed for its simplicity and no one really cared if it was a dull white. however, nowadays I think it should be rainbow to show this country's true independence. also I do believe that "white" does have to do with prejudices which I can't believe we stilll have on this freedom soil!
2007-01-20 09:28:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it would be silly to call it the white house if it were painted green...
2007-01-20 09:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by Mista-J 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it got burnt in 1812.
2007-01-20 09:28:01 · answer #10 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋