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What was in the land where the white house stand before the white house was built ?
What was in the land where the white house stand before the white house was built and what kind of plant life and what was on this plot before any building was there and then the white was built and who built the white house?
why does the white house have a dome on top of it. What does the dome signify?
11 Answers
- Bostonian In MOLv 75 years ago
There's no dome on the White House. You're confusing the White House with the US Capitol.
The area that is now DC was mostly swamp and marshland before it was appropriated to establish the capital city.
- troLv 75 years ago
a good part of the DC area was swamp, at the time probably the cheapest land available
the White House has no dome, it is a very large mansion like structure, the original burned down the current one is not the original
- Anonymous5 years ago
Land
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- Donald BLv 75 years ago
Since it is near the Potomac it might have been marshy land. The State Dept is also known as "Foggy Bottom" because there was so much fog where it was built.
- Trivial OneLv 75 years ago
It was swampy land with swampy-land plants on it. The house was built by slaves. There is no dome on it.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Trees.
