This sounds an awful lot like what happened between 1949-1952 at the White House, when Harry Truman oversaw a complete renovation of the main section of the building that essentially hollowed out and rebuilt the whole interior of the structure.
Feb 4, 2026 03:31Newspaper columnist Drew Pearson described the "gaping chasm" in September, 1950, writing, "Between now and December, 1951, the hole and the skeleton of steel girders inside the outer walls of the White House will be filled with an exact replica of what used to be in the President's mansion..."
