The U.S. Presidents have lived in the White House since 1800. Where did they live before that?

CapainNemo

George Washington, and, for part of his term, his successor John Adams, lived at the imaginatively named "President's House" in Philadelphia, which was the capital city before DC was founded. I believe Washington was the only president who didn't live in the White House. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_House_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania) Jun 27 09, 6:11 PM

star_gazer

In Philadelphia they have the site of this house and the historic excavation for the public to view. http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/ Jun 27 09, 6:14 PM

queproblema

Only the first President, George Washington, never lived in what came to be called the White House. The first capital of the United States under the Constitution was Federal Hall, on Wall St. in New York City. Congress rented a mansion for George and Martha Washington at 1 Cherry St. Many years later the DAR marked the spot with a plaque. Find the photo below these words half-way down the page: "First Presidential Mansion "We installed this tablet to mark the site of the first presidential mansion at No. 1 Cherry Street, occupied by George Washington from April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790. The tablet is set 12’8” above the sidewalk on the face of the southeast pier under the Brooklyn Bridge, at the intersection of Frankfort, Dover, and Pearl Streets. The mansion was built by Walter Franklin in 1770 and demolished in 1856." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymwcdar/index_files/Page648.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Hall From there, the capital was relocated to Philadelphia, where the Washingtons resided in Robert Morris's home on Market St. http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/history/briefhistory.htm (This last page is very interesting.) Jun 27 09, 10:57 PM