There were several presidential mansions before the White House was completed in 1800, although many didn’t survive That leaves the Deshler-Morris House in Philadelphia, more commonly known as the Germantown White House, the oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States. The mansion was originally constructed in 1752 and was briefly occupied by British General William Howe, one of George Washington’s nemesis during the American Revolution. When a yellow fever epidemic broke out in 1793, Washington and his family (along with their slaves) stayed at the house. It was then…
