The White House you know.., wasn’t called “the White House” until 1901.

President Theodore Roosevelt gave the iconic building its name. That’s over 100 years after it was completed and its first residents, John and Abigail Adams, moved in. Prior to that, the president’s home was known as the “Executive Mansion”, the “President’s House” and the “President’s Palace”. We now just call it the White House, though it takes 570 gallons of paint to keep it that color.