James Hoban

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Irish American architect person

James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.

Aliases (1)

White House architect James Hoban ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish American → architect → person →
activeIn	early 19th century architecture → late 18th century architecture →
birthDate	1758-01-01 →
birthPlace	Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland →
burialPlace	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. →
citizenshipStatus	naturalized American citizen →
collaboratedWith	George Washington → Thomas Jefferson →
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland → United States of America →
deathDate	1831-12-08 →
deathPlace	Washington, D.C., United States →
designed	White House → original President's House in Washington, D.C. → reconstruction of the White House after the War of 1812 → several public buildings in Washington, D.C. →
education	Dublin Society's Drawing School →
employer	United States federal government →
ethnicGroup	Irish →
fieldOfWork	architecture →
gender	male →
influencedBy	Leinster House, Dublin →
knownFor	designing the White House → public architecture in Washington, D.C. →
languageSpoken	English →
movedTo	Charleston, South Carolina → Philadelphia → United States of America →
name	James Hoban →
nationality	American → Irish →
notableWork	President's House (original design) → White House →
occupation	architect →
participatedIn	competition to design the President's House →
placeOfActivity	Charleston, South Carolina, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Washington, D.C., United States →
style	Neoclassical architecture →
won	competition to design the President's House →
workedOn	rebuilding of the White House after 1814 burning →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Executive Residence → President's House (original design) → White House →	architect
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ("White House architect James Hoban") →	associatedWith
Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland →	birthplaceOf
President's House (original design) →	creator
East Room →	designedBy
Robert Mills →	educatedBy
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. →	hasNotableBurial
Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland →	hasNotablePerson
James Hoban →	name
Dublin Society's Drawing School →	notableStudent
White House →	rebuiltBy