Presidents Hall Of Fame Origin: The original Presidents Hall of Fame started as a roadside wax museum tourist attraction in 1964 in Clermont next to the Citrus Tower. It was first built by Mr. Toole who was one of the two original owners and builders of the Clermont Citrus Tower. John and Jan Zweifel purchased the original House of Presidents in the early 1990’s and added their collection of thousands upon thousands of historic artifacts, as well as the famous White House Replica.

After several years of letter writing and calling, Zweifel was allowed access to. the White House by Jackie Kennedy. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to see every room. Zweifel proceeded to build his replica and finally got full access when Gerald Ford became president in 1974. He returned with a full team, so they could measure and photograph every room of the White House, getting complete access to the ground floor, first and second floors.

Zweifel worked to replicate every detail from chairs and carpets to paintings. He made postage-stamp-sized television sets and tiny vases filled with tiny fake flowers. He juggled his work on the model with his day job as owner of a company that staged events and created window displays at major department stores in New York City, Chicago and across the country.

His miniature White House model was nearly completed in time for America’s bi-centennial celebration in 1976 and was to become the most famous and only miniature White House replication in the world.

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