Motor Cars Come to the White House
At the beginning of the twentieth century, some people believed that the automobile was a toy for the rich that...
James Hoban's White House Reconstruction
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- National Park Service
James Hoban's White House Reconstruction
Demolition work in the entrance hall in 1950 exposed Hoban’s plaster cornice.
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