The correct answer to this open question is the following.
George Washington's ideas about how the president's house should look reflect his ideas about the presidency in that he thought that the President of the United States was the maximum role of the nation. He was a federalist that believed in a strong central government to run the country. So the power of the US President should be reflected in the house deserved for it. Washinton considered that the house of the President could be elegant, an impressive place for the important role he had. That is why James Hoban designed the President's house. However, antifederalists such as Thomas Jefferson thought that the President should live in a more modest house.
