The White House

This reconstruction log building, faced with clapboard and painted white, was occupied by Mother Seton and her little community in February 1810. At the close of the year the school numbered thirty boarders and forty day pupils.

In 1817 this ...

The White House

This place, six miles northeast, was the home of Martha Custis. According to tradition, George Washington first met her at Poplar Grove, near by, in 1758. On January 6, 1759, Washington and Martha Custis were married, it is believed at ...

White Bluff Meeting House

Here meets the oldest congregation following the Reformed (Calvinistic) theological tradition in continuous service in Georgia. In 1737, 160 Reformed Germans came to Savannah seeking religious freedom. After working their terms as indentured servants the colonists petitioned the Trustees of ...

The Germantown White House

Deshler-Morris House

President George Washington lived here in the Deshler-Morris House twice. He came here first seeking refuge from the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The “pure and healthy air” of the rural village of Germantown, six miles from Philadelphia, ...

The Germantown White House

(Deshler-Morris House)

President George Washington sought refuge here from the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. The following summer, the president returned with his family to enjoy the cooler Germantown countryside.

Interactive exhibits and guided tours offer a glimpse into the daily ...

White House Church

This four acre tract of land with an earlier structure

known as the "White Meeting House" was given to

the Methodist Episcopal Church on October 1, 1790,

by a deed which is said to be the earliest documented

record of Methodism ...

First White House of the Confederacy

Designated Executive Residence by the

Provisional Confederate Congress

February 21, 1861. President Jefferson Davis

and his family lived here until the Confederate

Capitol moved to Richmond summer 1861.

Built by William Sayre 1832-35 at Bibb and

Lee Streets. Moved to present location

by the First ...

Whitehead House, 1791

Patrick Parker, a wealthy merchant, built a Georgian style home here in 1791. Later occupants of the house included Hugh Blair Grigsby and John Boswell Whitehead, sons of Elizabeth McPherson. Elizabeth's first husband was the Reverend Benjamin Grigsby. Their son ...

Captain James W. White House

1871

Constructed by E.M. Holt

as a residence for his

daughter, Emily Virginia,

wife of Capt. James W. White

Marker is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

White House Farm

In 1740, Dr. John McCormick, a Scots (Scotch)-Irish immigrant bought 395 acres from Jost Hite and established White House Farm. Stone barn built by McCormick is the oldest standing in West Virginia. House served as a tavern and inn in ...