White House

The White House in Washington, DC used to be the official residence of the President of the United States. The White House apparently sustained a direct hit when the bombs fell. After the Great War, all that is left in its place is a giant highly radioactive crater.

Location
It can be difficult to find the location of the White House. The way to get there is to exit the Penn. Ave Northwest station in Pennsylvania Avenue, go up the stairs, and proceed straight until you reach the building to the north. You will see a manhole cover on the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the building this is called the Utility door.

(As you leave the Penn. Ave Northwest stairs headed for the manhole, look to your right at the first street and you should see a row of sandbags stacked up. Your results may vary, but it is possible to find there two Paladins and a Super Mutant, all dead, and some ammo boxes with EC Packs and a Gatling Laser on the ground to the right. Or there could be three live Brotherhood of Steel soldiers and a fire fight which kills a couple of Super Mutants.)

When you enter the Utility tunnel, there is a copy of Pugilism Illustrated, a Workbench, and an Opthamaloscope in a side room to the right. To get to the White House, take the first left, follow the corridor, and you will eventually find a door to the left that opens onto the ruin-filled radioactive pit that the White House has become.

Inconsistencies
Though the location on Pennsylvania Avenue is true to the real Washington D.C., the White House is incorrectly placed on Fallout 3's world map. In Fallout 3's World Map, it is located close to the National Archives and the Capitol Building. In reality, it is directly north of the Washington Monument, a number of blocks west of where it is placed on the world map. In the gameworld where the White House is though, the Washington Monument is directly south where it should be, but it doesn't match up with its location on the world map.

Appearances
In the ruins of Washington D.C. in Fallout 3.