The White Houses
The White House is, as we all know, the official residence of the President of the United States. But did you also know that the White House is the official residence of an Iranian immigrant?
Of course, I’m not talking about the original White House, in today’s world a man born in Iran would probably get shot for going near the White House, let alone pitching a tent. I’m instead talking about Fred Milani’s home in Atlanta.
Mr Milani, an Iran-born American citizen, built his mini White House in 2001. It boats 36 rooms and in terms of area is about 30% that of the original White House, although the layout is completely different.
Only six of the 36 rooms are bedrooms while the other rooms in the house include the “Monkey Room”, decorated with monkeys and leopard print, the “Queen Room”, with lots of pink pillows, and the “Oval office”. Oval here is used loosely as the room isn’t oval-shaped, but it does feature a replica of Abraham Lincoln’s old desk.
Other replica White House homes around the US include this one in Fairfax County, Virginia.
A smaller replica in San Antonio, Texas.
And lastly in Dallas, Texas there’s a “Red House” - A White House replica purportedly made out of red bricks.
You might say these replicas are all a bit tacky, but even the President’s White House is a rip-off. The original designs were based on Leinister House in Dublin, Ireland.
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You forgot the one who was the inspiration for the white house
The Rastignac Castle, in France
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Picture :
http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=21596
Story :
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/15/opinion/edjohnson.php
YouTube Video
Reminds me of that =]
I’m sure they wont appreciate me posting their house on t’internet but they may never know and here is my friends house, which is not a copy of the White House but is called the White House. Its very posh.
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For those of you who cant tell which one it is - its the white one. Funnily enough.
This thing , also in Dallas, is a white house too. But in typical Dallas style only a cheap version - they only did the half that faces the highway from the airport.
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Let me guess this Iranian is an Elvis fan? reminds me of Graceland with the themed rooms.
lovely - “Let me guess this Iranian is an Elvis fan”
What that pic of Milani’s place doesn’t show is the “decorative” shrubs and flowers he’s put in the front yard facing Briarcliff road. In a semicircle it literally spells out, with well trimmed plants:
GOD YOU
I kid you not.
There is another “White house” replica in Marbella, Spain owned by Saudi Arabian Royal house.
There’s another, little-know White House replica that was built in Amman, Jordan in the early 1980s. Its coordinates are 31°59′54.19″N, 35°53′2.19″E. I know this for a fact because it happens to be my Aunt’s home and my father is the architect responsible for its constructio and adapting the design of the house for the small plot of land it occupies at the top of the hill in West Amman.
I spent alot of my childhood years visiting my cousins in this house, and for a few years while my Aunt’s family moved to The USA, the house served as the residence of the Omani ambassador to Jordan. The family has since relocated back the house.