What was the name of the architect that built the White House?

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/03/hoban/01_whha-hoban.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hoban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House INTRODUCTION James Hoban's life is a memorable Irish-American success story. In his boyhood he learned the craft of carpenter and wheelwright, and became an architect by profession and a builder by trade. Hoban came to America with high ambitions, and designed and erected many buildings; but what keeps his name alive today arises from one special commission – he was the architect of the White House. Much about Hoban's life and personality remains a mystery. In his own time he was not the legendary figure he has since become. His personal and business papers, mostly lost in a fire in the 1880s, survive only in scattered ... more