... a super-casino, a 15000-capacity venue, an 18-hole golf course and a five-star hotel – with a banqueting centre designed as a replica of the White House in Washington DC, to commemorate its Irish architect James Hoban. ...
James Hoban was born in Desart, near Callan, County Kilkenny. Having studied architecture at the Dublin Society School, he emigrated to the United States and soon established himself as an architect in Philadelphia. is entry for a ...
James Hoban practiced as an architect in Philadelphia, Charleston (South Carolina) and Washington over a period of almost fifty years. His work in Philadelphia and Charleston is not well documented, but his record was sufficient to ...
There are few structures in the United States with the history and reverence of The White House, designed by James Hoban. On July 16, 1792, President George Washington chose this James Hoban design from six competing designs from ...