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(and/or residence) since the construction of the White House was finished after his presidency!? Presidency: 1789-1797 Construction: 1792-1800 The first occupant of the White House was therefore the 2nd president John Adams!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: hello the first presidential mansion was "1 Cherry Street" -the first presidential mansion of George Washington!. The nation's first president lived here from April 1789 to February 23, 1790, just a short carriage ride to Federal Hall on Wall Street!. - This was considered uptown to Revolutionary era New Yorkers, and the white Colonial home, built in 1770, was surrounded by other sumptuous houses overlooking the East River!. In fact, Washington's neighbor, at 5 Cherry Street, was John Hancock!. DeWitt Clinton would later reside in the former Washington home -Cherry Street still remains in lower Manhattan, but the section which once included the presidential mansion and the other austere residences was demolished in the 1880s to make way for the Brooklyn Bridge anchorage!. -One Cherry Street was unceremoniously torn down to widen the street in the 1850s, but by then, it was a mercy killing!. The neighborhood had become New York's notorious Fourth Ward, lined with saloons and brothels, the once-glorious mansions turned into boarding houses!. It was Manhattan's most decrepit neighborhood, so few took offense when it was proposed that the neighborhood be partially demolished to make way for the Brooklyn Bridge entrance!. Cherry Street still exists but only on the north side of the bridge!. this has pics of the original mansion (that was torn down) http://theboweryboys!.blogspot!.com/2008/0!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Read this http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Presidency_!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com PhillyWww@QuestionHome@Com |