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A local fair was held in 1912, and the community's oldest business, the Whitehouse Mercantile Corporation, began in 1913. During the East Texas oil boom of the 1930s the town's population mushroomed to a high of 500, but by 1940 it had dropped to 300. Whitehouse was incorporated on March 16, 1953.
Whitehouse is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
You'll also find the oldest standing mansion in the Lone Star State. Keep reading to check out the inside of this massive mansion. Located in the Texas Hill country, the Seaquist House, which became a Texas historic landmark in 1974, has been standing since the 19th century as it was built in 1887.
The home of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson at the LBJ Ranch was a place of family and of politics...as well as a place for rejuvenation. During his five-year administration, President Johnson spent a quarter of his time here—74 visits totaling 490 days.
The earliest evidence of the public calling it the "White House" was recorded in 1811. A myth emerged that during the rebuilding of the structure after the Burning of Washington, white paint was applied to mask the burn damage it had suffered, giving the building its namesake hue.
History. According to the Handbook of Texas, "The name of the town came from rancher C. C. Slaughter's Whiteface Camp and Whiteface Pasture, which were named in turn for the cattle on his ranch." By 1924, Slaughter's son-in-law, Ira P. DeLoache, turned the ranch into the new community of Whiteface.
The future of Hawley was assured late in 1906 when the Wichita Valley line surveyed a rail route through the area to Abilene. The railroad surveyor, Fletcher Scott, aided local citizens in promoting the townsite and suggested the name Hawley in honor of another railroad official, C. W. Hawley.
The Texas White House is "a house full of gifts that's a gift to our nation." The original section of the home was built out of the native limestone fieldstone by a German immigrant, William "Polecat" Meier in 1894.