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Hoban

American  
[hoh-buhn] / ˈhoʊ bən /

noun

  1. James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.


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An email to them requesting an interview was instead returned by Hoban, who co-chaired the campaign that defeated a 2018 measure that sought to ban short-term rentals in Palm Springs of single-family homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

"The scale is the biggest challenge, but also the complexity," said Captain Dan Hoban, a British Royal Engineer who was on a routine exchange with the US Army Corps of Engineers when the bridge collapsed.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

Biden will also host a reception for Varadkar later Friday at the White House, which was itself designed and built by an Irish-born man, James Hoban.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

It’s also a building that Biden has previously boasted was designed by an Irishman, architect James Hoban.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Hoban keeps “Jerry” on the job and his job is to make folks laugh.

From What's in the New York Evening Journal America's Greatest Evening Newspaper by New York Evening Journal

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