In 1972, George Washington spearheaded a contest for those interested in designing the home for the president. Irish-born James Hoban ended up the lucky winner after his neoclassical mansion ...

James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House ($49.95), published by the nonprofit White House Historical Association, studies the man and his craft by spotlighting his largest feat, ...

Today, the White House Historical Association will host a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of James Hoban, designer and builder of the White House. The ceremony will be held at Mount Olivet ...

To commemorate its 60th anniversary and the publication of [James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House], the White House Historical Association paid tribute to the Irish immigrant at ...

James Hoban won a national US competition to be the architect who would design the president's mansion, the White House, in Washington DC. The Co Kilkenny native died on this day, December 8, 1831.

Hoban, an Irishman who moved to the United States, met George Washington in Charleston in 1791, just as the new County Courthouse was about finished. Washington was impressed.

The exhibit was unveiled Monday, after a day-long symposium on Hoban's life and times. Local historian and author Nic Butler said Hoban was born in 1758, arrived in Charleston by 1787 and built a ...