Why you'd want to live in White House
The City of White House, TN is located in both Sumner and Robertson counties and is approximately a 30-minute drive north of Nashville at Exit 108 on I-65. The White House Municipal Center is located at 105 College Street at the intersection of US Highway 31W and State Route 76. The City's normal business hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The City of White House is named after the original White House Inn built by Richard Stone Wilks in 1829. Mr. Wilks paid $200 in November of 1828 for a parcel of land lying in both Sumner and Robertson County. On the land, he built a large two-story house along what was originally a buffalo and Native American trail that had become a well-traveled route for all travelers between Louisville, KY, and Nashville, TN. The route was referred to as the L & N Pike. Today, this route is known as Hwy 31W. via whitehousetn.gov