The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univesity of North Carolina Press, 1959. This work collects all the known letters between Abigail and John Adams and Jefferson; a one-volume paperback edition was published in 1988.
White House Trivia. 1  There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators. 2  At various times in history, the White House has been known as the President's Palace, the President's House, and the Executive Mansion..
To illustrate this point, three rooms are actually known as the Green Room, the Blue Room and the Red Room. The original designer of the White House, an Irish-born builder named James Hoban, drew a floor plan of the first floor that still survives today.