you can look back now at hoban. washington may have known about creating building stes, but one scholar said he knew nothing about architecture. that was unfair. that was the new dispensation hoban would represent. andthe dispensation hoban ashington represented, it was gentleman and his partner. what the arguing that white house is is the winning out of that idea over the alternative. that is that it is put into the hands of an architect who designed it, who has a patron on the one side and builder on the other, and he sits in the middle and dictates. this is not the reality of the interrelationship between washington and hoban. it was going to be a form of partnership. each played a role. i will demonstrate there are two temperaments interlocked like hand and glove and this is why thcatholic irish peasant within theminant most iconic or best-known building in the world, which set the fundamental ideal of what -- ideal in american architecture. want to come back to another instance of what was being taught in the d

hoban was no dummy. there was a lot of battling. hoban was no dummy. he organized a militia and the workmen all joined it, if they didn't, they got a doctor. he mustered them every week. every sunday afternoon, they were mustered. if they did not please him, he finds them -- fined them. that's how he controlled the workmen. williamson cannot stand it. the commissioners thought williamson was too much trouble. they asked a friend, a scott from edinburgh, who lived in georgetown who had stores in philadelphia and georgetown, they asked him to take letters to europe for them. they have tried this with the french and were advised, don't do it. the french will not like this, they will think the americans are meddling. so george walker, and very irritable old man, took the letters to edinburgh. his contact was dead. they had a friend in philadelphia who was a well-known stonemason, and a friend of jefferson, and he aspired to be a sculptor. he had great connections. he recommended this man in edinburgh who had died. the widow let him to other people, mainly

's origins hoban there. i have the opportunity to walk about north dublin and explore the history of that. merlot will speak first about influences and the context of irish architecture in the 18th century. we will then move on to brian who will talk about holding -- hoban coming to the united states and the construction of the white house. i will then moderate if you cash -- a few questions if we have time. [applause] >> i am delighted to be part of this symposium. year, as partast of my architectural practice in dublin, i have been involved in studies off the royal exchange. both buildings are pictured here in this image, dating from around 1900. it was through the studies that i became aware of james hoban's studs and actice in dublin and began to map the influences and connections that march -- marked his connections as an architect. born in county kilkenny in 1755. his father was a tenant farmer. to showing get on the map island here. desert course was a palladian country house with two-story wings conn

but hoban won. washington won. they cut the plan down, the house would've been four times the size it is now. the plan called for a grand avenue outside decatur house. it came from three streets and joined as one with gates and the usual idea of a french palace. this did not work, but washington was going to have his house. he also realized it was more likely to be able to finish that -- house than the capital. when the plans were made for reducing the house, he would not step back from the carving, that was important to him. that had to be kept. as hoban was an easy man to get along with, had different ways of doing this, it happened to be the way the world worked -- at a meeting at the fountain inn, john scooter overheard one of the meetings and realized they were after stonecutters. he told them he had a cousin named williamson who was working in new york, from scotland. williamson hurried down and they turned the whole thing over to him, the whole project. although hoban was the head man. williamson was from th

hoban was no dummy. therganized a militia and workmen all joined it, if they didn't, they got a doctor. he mustered them every week. every sunday afternoon, they were mustered. if they did not please him, he them.them -- fined that's how he controlled the workmen. williamson cannot stand it. the commissioners thought williamson was too much trouble. asked a friend, a scott from edinburgh, who lived in georgetown who had stores in philadelphia and georgetown, they asked him to take letters to europe for them. they have tried this with the french and were advised, don't do it. ,he french will not like this they will think the americans are meddling. so george walker, and very irritable old man, took the letters to edinburgh. dead.ntact was iny had a friend philadelphia who was a well-known stonemason, and a friend of jefferson, and he aspired to be a sculptor. he had great connections. he recommended this man in edinburgh who had died. the widow let him to other people, mainly to the masonic lodge, believe

i am going to talk a little bit about james hoban, not that i am an expert on james hoban, but he is also from the southeast of ireland, in this case county can kenny. he was born about 25 miles from where i grew up in waterford. if you think about john barry and the kennedys and james hoban and myself, we come from the same corner of ireland. where actually not that many immigrants into the united states came from. most of our immigrants came from the west of ireland from the counties on the atlantic seaboard, which tends to be the who generated the greatest push ones toward immigration. i find hoban's story -- he was the man who built and help to rebuild -- i was not going to mention the thing in between, i was going to ask you to speculate what it might have been. [laughter] amb. mulhall: kim revealed that secret, so i can mention that hoban helped to rebuild the white house. also of course he was involved in the building of the capitol , so he was a major figure in the creation of washington, d.c., this wonderful city that i now have had the privilege of living in for the past ei

the same was true of james hoban. he came to america in the 1780's. he found opportunities in america that would not have been available to him in ireland at that time because of his background, because he did not have a privileged background that was essential in 18th century ireland if you were going to rise to the top of the professional and social ladder. opportunities in the united states and he became the architect of the white house, what about that? in anwho started his life agricultural cottage became the architect of the world's most iconic building. that demonstrates the opportunities that irish people were able to avail of in the united states in the 18th century, 19th century and 20th century. the united states became a haven for irish people. of course, for the most part, we were not involved in the 19th century in the high politics of the united states or the white house. true that gradually, like james hoban, the irish who came here and perps entered america at the bottom of the social ladder, climbed the ladder steadily and successful

the same was true of james hoban. he came to america in the 1780's. he found opportunities in america that would not have been available to him in ireland at that time because of his background, because he did not have a privileged background that was essential in 18th century ireland if you were going to rise to the top of the professional and social ladder. so he found opportunities in the united states and he became the architect of the white house, what about that? a man who started his life in an ' cottageral laborers became the architect of the world's most iconic building. that demonstrates the opportunities that irish people were able to avail of in the united states in the 18th century, 19th century and 20th century. the united states became a haven for irish people. of course, for the most part, we were not involved in the 19th century in the high politics of the united states or the white house. but it is true that gradually, like james hoban, the irish who came here and perhaps entered america at the bottom of the social ladder, climbed th

the same was true of james hoban. he came to america in the 1780's. he found opportunities in america that would not have been available to him in ireland at that time because of his background, because he did not have a privileged background that was essential in 18th century ireland if you were going to rise to the top of the professional and social ladder. so he found opportunities in the united states and he became the architect of the white house, what about that? a man who started his life in an agricultural cottage became the architect of the world's most iconic building. that demonstrates the opportunities that irish people were able to avail of in the united states in the 18th century, 19th century and 20th century. the united states became a haven for irish people. of course, for the most part, we were not involved in the 19th century in the high politics of the unitedtes or the white house. but it is true that gradually, like james hoban, the irish who came here and perhaps entered america at the bottom of the social ladder, climbed the lad

twoext on the presidenc dublin architects talk about the jamesborn james hogan, -- hoban. this hour-long session was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical association and focused on the history of british and irish connections with the white house.

you could also blame james hoban for building it too fast the second time around. then, along comes theodore roosevelt. and president roosevelt, the families lived in a mansion and worked in the mansion, the office was in the mansion. roosevelt had a lot of kids and their animals, apparently. so they needed more room. so he added the west wing for the office of the president, and he wanted a larger state dining room. so what he did, this is the west end of the white house, that is the other staircase. that wall to the left, where the chairs are, is the wall to what was then the state dining room. president roosevelt wanted a bigger, so they not only knocked out the stairwell, he took out the load bearing wall. and he had his architect, i know what you wanted to make this big dining room bigger, it was so there was room for the antlers that you can see. all over the walls, you -- that is very impressive in that room. he took out the load bearing wall and charles mckinney rigged a steel buttress system from the roof holding up the second floor, so instead of the load

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