James Hoban was an Irish architect (1755-1831). His most important project is The White House. At first a wheelwright and carpenter he then studied at the Dublin Society’s Drawing School. He studied under Thomas Ivory. In 1785 he emigrated to the United States, Philadelphia more precisely. While he was in South Carolina George Washington saw Hoban’s Charleston County Courthouse at which point he was asked to design The White House.
Belcamp House
1785, Dublin, Ireland
South Carolina State House
1790, Columbia, South Carolina
Charleston County Courthouse
1792, Chesterton, South Carolina
First Bank of the United States
1795, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The White House
1800, Washington, DC
The Octagon House
1799, New York Avenue, Washington, DC
