James hoban white house evening of poetry

james hoban white house evening of poetry

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    • Currently on Display James Hoban: Architect of the White House

  • Eventbrite - Federal Lodge #1 presents James Hoban Night with Author Stewart McLaurin - Monday, October 10, 2022 at 419 7th St NW, Washington, DC. Find event and ticket information.

    • Hoban’s White House - The Beautiful Home

      The White House Poetry Jam (Also know as White House's Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word) was the first ever White House Poetry Jam, started by President Barack Obama in the first year of his presidency.

    Poetry, Music & the Spoken Word at the White House Poetry Jam ...

      It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to the White House for an evening of music and poetry and spoken word -- (applause) -- from some of our nation's most gifted performers, both distinguished veterans and up and coming young talents.

    Honoring James Hoban, Architect of the White House

      Dublin Society offices and studios at 112 Grafton Street, where Hoban learned draughtsmanship Hoban was the architect for the Charleston County Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, built between 1790 and 1792, which drew the attention of George Washington Hoban's amended elevation of the White House form late 1793 or early 1794).
    On July 17th 1792 the Irish architect James Hoban won first prize a competition to design the house of the President of the USA.
    Join us for a facinating evening with The White House Historical Association President and Editor of James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House, Stewart D McLaurin.
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    James Hoban: Architect of the White House

      James Hoban ( [1] – December 8, [2]) was an Irish-American architect, best known for designing the White House.
    How the Labor of Enslaved Black Men Built the White House

    James Hoban

    Irish-American architect (1755–1831)

    For his son, the American lawyer, see James Hoban Jr.

    James Hoban (1755[1] – December 8, 1831[2]) was an Irish-American architect, best known for designing the White House.

    Early life and education

    Hoban was a Roman Catholic raised on the Desart Court estate belonging to the Earl of Desart in County Kilkenny, Ireland. He worked there as a wheelwright and carpenter until in 1779, when he was given an advanced student place in the Dublin Society's Drawing School on Lower Grafton Street in Dublin and studied under Thomas Ivory.[3] He excelled in his studies and received the prestigious Duke of Leinster's medal from the Dublin Society in November 1780 for his drawing, Brackets, Stairs, and Roofs. Hoban was an apprentice to Ivory from 1779 until he left to go to America, likely in 1785.[4]

    Hoban arrived in South Carolina by April 1787, where he designed numerous buildings includ

    Meet the Man Who Designed and Built the White House

  • After the Fire, issue #35 of White House History, marks the bicentennial of the burning of the White House, which took place on August 24.

    • James Hoban: Designer & Builder of the White House

  • This house, a country house in town built in the s, was the basic model for the White House, with alterations.