President's House (Philadelphia)

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President's House in Philadelphia was the third U.S. presidential mansion, following the first two in New York City. President George Washington occupied the Philadelphia house from November 27, 1790 to March 10, 1797; and President John Adams occupied it from March 21, 1797 to May 30, 1800. In November, 1800, Adams became the first president to occupy the unfinished White House, in Washington, D.C. The Philadelphia house was located on the south side of what is now Market Street, one block north of Independence Hall (then known as the Pennsylvania State House). It had been built by widow Mary Masters around 1767, and became a wedding present to her daughter Mary and Acting-Governor of Pennsylvania Richard Penn, when they married in 1772. During the 1777–1778 British occupation of Philadelphia, the house was the headquarters of General Sir William Howe. Following the June 1778 British evacuation of the city, American General Benedict Arnold made the house his headquarters. Robert Morris...

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