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NDTV
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
"It's That Face, Those Lips": Trump's Praise For White House Secretary Sparks Row
US President Donald Trump offered high praise for his White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, commenting on her "face" and "lips." "She's become a star," Trump said during a recent interview. "It's that face. It's that brain. It's those lips, the way they move. They move like she's a machine gun." "She's a star. She's a great person, actually. But she's - I don't think anybody has ever had a better press secretary than Karoline. She's been amazing." ???????????? TRUMP ON KAROLINE LEAVITT: IT'S THE WAY SHE MOVES THOSE LIPS... SHE'S A STAR "She's become a star. It's that face, it's that brain, it's those lips, the way they move... like she's a machine gun. She's a star, and she's great. I don't think anybody has ever had a… — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 2, 2025 The clip soon went viral. A user commented on X, "Big Monica Lewinsky vibes." This supposedly refers to the infamous 1990s scandal involving former President Bill Clinton and then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Another wrote, "Trump has probably used this same line on more than one occasion to attract underage girls for sexual gratification at his beauty pageants, the Mar-a-Lago Club spa, on Jeffrey Epstein's jet, etc..." "He's a creepy old man. He doesn't even understand what he just said. Major yikes," someone said. Someone wrote, "And people still doubt he's in those Epstein files." Karoline Leavitt, 27, is Trump's fifth press secretary overall and the first of his second term in office. The exchange came after Leavitt commended the president during a White House press briefing on Thursday, saying he deserved international recognition. "President Trump has brokered, on average, about one peace deal or ceasefire per month during his six months in office," she said. "It's well past time that President Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." Trump continues to face scrutiny over his past relationship with Epstein. Controversy has intensified after the FBI and Department of Justice declined to release further Epstein-related documents, with Trump's name reportedly redacted before publication. Trump has defended the decision and denied any attempt to suppress information. He has also said that he distanced himself from Epstein years ago after the convicted sex offender allegedly tried to "poach" Mar-a-Lago staff, including Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's most prominent accusers.
USA Today
02-08-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Trump White House ballroom: A look back at Grand Ballroom Trump built at Mar-a-Lago
Twenty years after the opening of the Grand Ballroom at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Trump announced another new ballroom on a grand scale — this time at the White House. The Trump Administration on July 31 said construction on a $200 million, roughly 90,000-square-foot White House State Ballroom will begin in September. The project will be paid for by donors including Trump and have a seating capacity of 650 people, the White House said. The U.S. Secret Service will oversee security features of the new structure, officials said. "President Trump is a builder at heart and has an extraordinary eye for detail," Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said in a White House news release. "The President and the Trump White House are fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserving the special history of the White House while building a beautiful ballroom that can be enjoyed by future Administrations and generations of Americans to come." The style and architecture of the exterior of the new ballroom will be "almost identical" to the rest of the White House, Trump officials said. The work will include major renovations to the White House's East Wing, where presidents have historically held large receptions. Trump has frequently complained the White House lacks a proper large-scale ballroom for entertaining. While the outside of the new ballroom at what is known as the people's house will feature the same iconic styling as the rest of the property, renderings released by the White House show that the interior style is undoubtedly reminiscent of the Versailles-inspired Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom that was completed at Mar-a-Lago in late 2004 and had its grand opening in 2005. Here's what to know about Mar-a-Lago's large ballroom and its history. When was Mar-a-Lago completed, and what are some of its features? Construction on Mar-a-Lago began in 1922. The house was designed for cereal heiress Marjorie Meriweather Post in the Spanish-Moorish style by architect Joseph Urban, who also designed the nearby Bath & Tennis Club and the Paramount Theatre farther north in Palm Beach. When completed in 1927 on its 17-acres, the crescent-shaped main house had 115 rooms, with 58 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms. Urban drew on classical designs, looking to the Thousand Winged Ceiling at the Accademia in Venice as inspiration for the 34-foot ceiling in Mar-a-Lago's living room, and the Palazzo Chigi in Rome as inspiration for the hand-painted ceiling in the dining room, according to a 2002 Daily News report about Mar-a-Lago's history. After a major redecoration in 1956, Post added Mar-a-Lago's White and Gold Ballroom as a venue to host to her popular charity events and the square dances for which she was so well-known, according to the 2002 profile. She also added three bomb shelters during the Korean War. What has Trump added to Mar-a-Lago? Trump paid a reported $10 million for Mar-a-Lago in 1985: $5 million for the property itself, an additional $3 million for the furnishings, plus $2 million for the beachfront stretch that years prior was sold to a neighbor. When Mar-a-Lago's club opened in 1995, it had amenities such as a spa, tennis courts and nine-hole golf course. In 2000, construction began on the $3 million beachfront project at Mar-a-Lago that added a new swimming pool, a pair of two-story buildings with cabanas and a snack bar, a spa, fountains, and ramps and stairs down to the beach, the Daily News reported in 2002. In 2004, Trump received approval from Palm Beach to tear down an aging slat house on Mar-a-Lago's property to build a kitchen to help serve the estate's new ballroom, which opened in 2005. Over the years, some of Trump's plans for Mar-a-Lago have been shot down by state and town officials, including a proposal for a 120-slip marina and, before opening the club, a concept that would have subdivided Mar-a-Lago's acreage to build estate homes. What about Mar-a-Lago's Grand Ballroom? The Daily News first reported in 1996 that the National Trust for Historic Preservation was reviewing plans for a new ballroom or expansion of the dance pavilion at Mar-a-Lago. Because Mar-a-Lago is a national landmark, all major changes must be reviewed and approved by the trust. "We're just looking art different concepts, different ideas. It's very preliminary," Trump told the Daily News in 1996. "We need a ballroom because of the success of Mar-a-Lago. It has been so successful that the crowds are potentially hazardous to the facility, and the ballroom could remedy this problem." Mar-a-Lago's team "did a lot of shuttle diplomacy with the National Trust for Historic Preservation," said Wes Blackman, who was Mar-a-Lago's project manager for the ballroom. The trust has easements at Mar-a-Lago, including two to protect the views to the east and west, and one to protect the tree line along the south property line, he said. After Mar-a-Lago opened as a club in 1995, the events coordinator at the time brought Blackman and Trump to the ballroom built by Post and said it would not be able to meet the demand for large events . "There isn't room to put them that is weatherproof," Blackman recalled the coordinator saying. When the ballroom was officially pitched to the town in 1999, it was set to replace a large white tent that Mar-a-Lago had temporarily erected to host large events on the property, Blackman said. Because the structures could not be permanent, air conditioner compressors for events in the tent were placed on trailers, and temporary bathrooms were brought in, he said. The ballroom was "a very large building," he said, with records showing that it was 17,000 square feet, larger than the 11,000-square-foot ballroom built by Post. West Palm Beach-based architect Rick Gonzalez of REG Architects was the lead designer on the project. Blackman said he and Gonzalez took a lot of trips to Washington, D.C., and the trust visited the property as well, as they worked to finalize a design the trust would approve. Together with Gonzalez, Blackman said Mar-a-Lago's team "chased that building all over the property" with the trust until the location was settled. "It's in a hollow, a low spot, and it's behind the wall, and you really have a hard time even knowing the building is there when you pass the property," Blackman said. Before finalizing the architectural plans, Trump sent Gonzalez and Blackman to New York to meet with famed architect Philip Johnson, whose Glass House in Connecticut remains an iconic example of the International Style of design. Johnson, who died in January of 2005, declined to take on the task of designing the new ballroom, which was essentially "locked into the Mediterranean revival framework" because of the rest of the property, Blackman said. "He wasn't into that," Blackman said. "He was in his 'monster phase,' which were a lot of oblique angles, and he wasn't into having to fit into a mold like that." Trump also asked Blackman to consult with another friend: crooner Paul Anka, whom Trump hoped would weigh in on the new ballroom's acoustics. "I did call him," Blackman said. "It was a unique experience." He added that because Trump had already made the decision to have marble floors in the ballroom: "There's nothing you can do with that. It's gonna be a reflective surface," Blackman said of Anka's advice. Trump was adamant that the new ballroom needed to be larger than the 15,000-square-foot Ponce de Leon Ballroom at The Breakers Palm Beach resort, Blackman said. While that was part of the inspiration, he said that Trump also wanted to bring the annual International Red Cross Ball to Mar-a-Lago. Trump was successful, and one of the highlights of Palm Beach's social season soon moved to Mar-a-Lago's Grand Ballroom. "We always thought that it helped getting the National Trust to approve something first, and then that kind of gave us the 'Good Housekeeping' certificate that we could cash in with the Landmarks Commission," Blackman said of the town's approval process. While the project to build the new ballroom received approval from Palm Beach's council in October of 1999, the timeline was pushed back several times because of construction of a new Royal Park Bridge, the Daily News reported in September 2002. The project received final approval from Palm Beach's landmarks board in April of 2002, and construction began the next year, with the building permit issued in August of 2003, Blackman said. While his 10-year tenure with Mar-a-Lago ended soon after receiving the permit, Blackman returned to work on other projects at Mar-a-Lago, including the ballroom's kitchen and the massive flag pole that led to a legal battle between Trump and Palm Beach. What does the Grand Ballroom look like? The exterior of the ballroom building, which is on the property's south side between the main house and Southern Boulevard, was designed by Gonzalez to mimic the Spanish-Moorish style of the rest of the estate, the Daily News reported at the time. But the ballroom's interior was designed with France in mind. The decor drew on Versailles, with shining marble floors, intricate gold leaf designs, crystal chandeliers and soaring 40-foot coffered ceilings. The Daily News reported at the time that the gold leaf alone carried a $7 million price tag, and the overall project cost stood at $35 million. "I modeled the interior after Versailles, and there is nothing like it in the United States," Trump said of the ballroom in a 2005 interview with Florida Design magazine. When it opened, guests were reportedly awestruck by the 17 Stras chandeliers, each with a cost of $250,000 and imported from Czechoslovakia. The first major event in the new ballroom was Mar-a-Lago's annual New Year's Eve Gala to ring in 2005, according to news reports. From a Dec. 31, 2004, Daily News report: "A 1,200-square-foot loggia leads into the two-story foyer through a series of Palladian-style mahogany doors with wrought-iron borders. A staircase leads to a 45-foot observation tower. For New Year's Eve, there will be stages at opposite ends of the ballroom, one for the dance orchestra and one for headliner Vanessa Williams." The next event: a grand party to mark the marriage of Trump to his then-fiancée, Melania Knauss. Their marriage ceremony was Jan. 22, 2005, at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, and celebrants then made the short drive to Mar-a-Lago for the reception. Anka, a guest at the wedding, treated guests to two songs at the reception: "Diana," and a version of the song "Lady Is a Tramp" that Anka dubbed "Donald is a Trump." USA Today contributed to this report. Kristina Webb is a reporter for Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at kwebb@ Subscribe today to support our journalism.
Newsweek
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Epstein Victim Was Contestant in Donald Trump's Teen Beauty Pageant
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A victim of Jeffrey Epstein testified during Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 trial that she was once a contestant in President Donald Trump's teen beauty pageant. The woman, identified by the pseudonym "Jane," testified that she met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Club when Epstein took her there in the 1990s when she was 14. She did not describe any inappropriate behavior by Trump during her testimony. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near the Rose Garden after returning to the White House on Marine One on July 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near the Rose Garden after returning to the White House on Marine One on July 29, 2025 in Washington, It Matters It comes as Trump's personal relationship with Epstein has come under renewed scrutiny after the Department of Justice announced earlier this month that it would not release any more files related to the Epstein investigation, despite promises that claimed otherwise from Attorney General Pam Bondi. The department also said that an Epstein client list does not exist. Authorities have said Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, died by suicide in a federal jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The decision to not release any more files angered parts of Trump's base of supporters and the case continues to garner attention and conspiracy theories because of Epstein's ties to many prominent people, such as royals, presidents and billionaires, including Trump. Trump has denied prior knowledge of Epstein's crimes and claimed he had cut off their relationship long ago. The Wall Street Journal reported that Bondi told Trump that his name was in the files during a May briefing. Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and the inclusion of someone's name in files from the investigation does not imply otherwise. What To Know Jane testified that she took part in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 1998, NBC News reported at the time. However, it was not clear if that was before or after she said she visited Mar-a-Lago. Trump owned the pageant from 1996 until 2015, and four women who competed in the pageant in 1997 told BuzzFeed in 2016 that Trump had walked into their dressing room while they were changing. During her testimony, Jane said she was sexually abused by Epstein after meeting at a summer arts camp in Michigan in 1994. She said that Maxwell—who is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls—would sometimes be in the room when she was abused. The White House last week denied that Trump had met an Epstein accuser in Epstein's offices in 1995. White House communications director Steven Cheung told Newsweek it was "recycled, old fake news" and that Trump had kicked Epstein out of his club "for being a creep." However, Trump offered a different explanation for his falling out with Epstein, saying it came after Epstein "stole" young women who worked for a spa at Mar-a-Lago, including Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre, one of Epstein's most well-known accusers who died by suicide in April, said that she was hired as Epstein's masseuse after Maxwell spotted her working at Mar-a-Lago in the summer of 2000. But those remarks have come under scrutiny, given Trump continued to associate with Epstein for several years afterward. He was quoted as saying Epstein was a "terrific guy" in a 2002 profile of Epstein in New York magazine, and The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump sent Epstein a sexually suggestive letter that was included in a 2003 album for Epstein's 50th birthday. Trump has denied writing the letter and is suing the newspaper for defamation. Epstein also remained on the membership rolls of Mar-a-Lago until October 2007, according to The Grifter's Club, a book by Sarah Blaskey, an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, that was published in 2020. Epstein was banned from Mar-a-Lago after hitting on the teenage daughter of another club member, the book reported. What People Are Saying Trump said on Monday: "For years I wouldn't talk to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn't talk because he did something that was inappropriate. He hired help, and I said don't ever do that again. He stole people that worked for me. I said don't ever do that again. He did it again, and I threw him out of the place, persona non grata, I threw him out and that was it. I'm glad I did if you want to know the truth." Asked if any of the workers were young women, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday: "The answer is yes, they were ... people that worked in the spa." He confirmed that Giuffre was among them saying: "I think she worked at the spa. I think so. I think that was one of the people, yeah. He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know. None whatsoever." The Democrats' X account posted on Tuesday: "It's telling that Trump seems more upset about the staff Epstein "stole" from his business than the fact that a minor who had worked at his resort was trafficked, groomed, and raped by Epstein." The Republicans against Trump account on X posted on Tuesday: "Trump just casually admits Epstein was recruiting girls from his spa, and we're all supposed to move on? Release the files!" What's Next Last week, Maxwell sat for interviews with Department of Justice officials in Florida. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said she was interviewed because of trump's directive to gather and release any credible evidence about others who may have committed crimes. Blanche said the additional information about what was learned would be released "at the appropriate time." Maxwell has been subpoenaed to testify before the House Oversight Committee in August 11. The committee on Tuesday rejected Maxwell's request for immunity from future prosecution as a condition for testifying.
Washington Post
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Hulk Hogan was a well-known Trump supporter. Their ties go back 40 years.
The nearly 40-year personal connection between World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famers Donald Trump and Hulk Hogan — who died Thursday at 71 — began with WrestleMania IV. The 1988 pay-per-view event, advertised as being held at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City (though it was held at the city's convention hall), took place during wrestling's golden era, and Hogan was slated to face off against Andre the Giant. 'I didn't think [Trump would] come to the show. He was there early, came into the dressing room, met all of the wrestlers,' Hogan said on the PBD Podcast last year, recalling the Atlantic City event. ' … They said he was sitting in the front row, and I was surprised because he went out for the first match and he stayed all the way until I wrestled.' In an absurd promotion ahead of his match in Atlantic City, Hogan threatened to slam Andre the Giant 'through the Trump Plaza' and into the ocean, creating a fault line from New York to Tampa. 'Thank God Donald Trump's a Hulkamaniac,' Hogan said in the promotion. 'He'll know enough to let go of his materialistic possessions, hang onto the wife and kids, dog paddle with his life all the way to safety.' Subsequent footage shows Trump ringside, signing autographs and enjoying the show. Nearly 40 years after the match, Hogan took the stage at the 2024 Republican National Convention, where he ripped off his shirt and called Trump, who had faced an assassination attempt days earlier, his 'hero.' 'When I came here tonight, there was so much energy in this room, I thought maybe I was in Madison Square Garden, getting ready to win another world title,' he said at the convention in Milwaukee. ' … But what I found out was, I was in a room full of real Americans, brother.' After the wrestler's death, Trump called Hogan 'a great friend' in a post on Truth Social, adding the Hall of Famer was 'MAGA all the way.' 'He entertained fans from all over the World, and the cultural impact he had was massive,' the president continued. 'To his wife, Sky, and family, we give our warmest best wishes and love. Hulk Hogan will be greatly missed!' Hogan claimed last year that the first time he voted was for Trump in 2016, and he repeatedly said his decision to publicly endorse Trump was motivated by the assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. In the months that followed the Republican convention, Hogan remained in Trump's orbit, appearing at a Madison Square Garden rally, hanging out at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club and posing together at an Inauguration Day event. Hogan hadn't always been a conservative. He was once a supporter of Barack Obama but changed his tune in 2011. Then, in 2015, Hogan suggested that he should be Trump's running mate. Onstage at the RNC last year, Hogan said he liked Trump's chances given that he had spent decades in the ring fighting 'some of the baddest dudes on the planet.' 'I know tough guys, but let me tell you something, brother, Donald Trump is the toughest of them all,' Hogan said. Trump has decades-long ties to the WWE, the wrestling entertainment company previously known as the World Wrestling Federation, which often starred Hogan in the ring and was run by Vince McMahon. Trump's ties to McMahon's wrestling empire continued after the Atlantic City event, with the New York businessman appearing in scripted fight storylines that included shaving McMahon's head inside the ring and 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin subsequently dropping him to the mat. Hogan did not intersect with Trump's storylines, but in interviews last year, the wrestler drew personal connections to him. Hogan successfully sued the news site Gawker in 2012 for invasion of privacy over its publishing of a leaked sex tape showing him in bed with his best friend's wife — a case that came to effectively serve as a proxy battle for a larger culture war. Hogan, on the PBD podcast, credited Trump for putting 'a spotlight on … 'fake news'' but did not bring up his lawsuit against Gawker specifically. ' … Now I realize the majority of America would get the mainstream news, and they don't really get the real truth of what's really going on.' Although Trump and Hogan came from different backgrounds, they were kindred spirits of a sort, both natural showmen whose public personas centered around traditional views of masculinity. Each grew up in the halcyon days of post-World War II America, with each achieving national fame in the 1980s and defining success in their respective arenas — business and sports entertainment. And while their stars dimmed in the 1990s, they harnessed their entertainment skills to resurrect their careers in the 2000s as reality television stars. They similarly resurrected their careers after respective scandals. Audio recordings revealed during the litigation in the Gawker case captured Hogan uttering racist insults, which prompted WWE to terminate his contract. Three years later, he was welcomed back into the WWE universe and reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame. Despite a disgraceful exit from office following the attack on the U.S. Capitol and attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss, Trump entered the 2024 campaign vowing to exact revenge if elected to a second term. He returned to the White House this year as the first felon to serve as U.S. president, immediately granting a sweeping act of clemency to individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and empowering those who defended him to go after his perceived political enemies. The presence of professional wrestling within Trump's orbit also goes beyond the WWE, and his fixation on the sport has extended into his time in office. Trump chose WWE CEO Linda McMahon — Vince McMahon's wife — to serve as his small business administrator during his first presidential term. In his second term, she was selected to lead the Education Department. On the campaign trail last year, Trump told Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White that he should start a spin-off competition featuring migrants, as part of his riff on restricting immigration. Since returning to office six months ago, Trump has attended the final day of the NCAA Division I men's wrestling championships and made appearances at more than one UFC event. And earlier this month, Trump said he plans to host a UFC fight card on the White House grounds as part of a celebration honoring America's 250th birthday next year. 'We're going to have a UFC fight on the grounds of the White House,' Trump said in Des Moines. 'We have a lot of land there.'
USA Today
09-07-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Project at home near Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach to restore part of 1935 designs
A landmarked home near President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club is set to receive an update that will in part restore a portion of the two-story property to its original blueprints. The home at 1047 S. Ocean Blvd. was completed in 1935 and designed in the Art Moderne style by noted architect John Volk. It is in Palm Beach, Florida's Estate Section, just north of Trump's club and inside the U.S. Secret Service security zone between Southern Boulevard and South County Road that goes into effect when the president is home. The Town Council at its June 11 Development Review Committee meeting voted unanimously to grant the necessary approvals that will allow the project to move forward. Charles "Rusty" and Ashley Holzer purchased the nearly 8,000-square-foot, five-bedroom home in 2019 for $12 million through their 1047 South Ocean Boulevard Trust, according to Palm Beach County records. The home was landmarked by Palm Beach in 2013. The lot is about a half-acre and has 100 feet of beachfront. In case you missed it: Trump's Mar-a-Lago security zone is racking up home sales. How much was the latest deal? Rusty Holzer is the son of longtime Palm Beach resident and businesswoman Jane Holzer, who was known as "Baby Jane," one of Andy Warhol's muses. She is building a new home on her property just to the north at 980 S. Ocean Blvd., on the northeast corner with Via Del Lago. With the June 11 vote, Charles and Ashley Holzer now can move forward with removing two small balconies from the back of the house to rebuild the original Volk-designed second-floor curvilinear balcony, said attorney Maura Ziska, the agent for the Holzers. The two smaller balconies were built sometime since 2007, according to the memo from town staff to the council. Photos of the house soon after it was built show the original curved design of the balcony, which had a metal railing. Plans also include adding two second-floor additions onto single-story portions of the north and south side of the house facing the Atlantic Ocean. A staircase on the outside of the south wall of the house will be reversed so the entrance is from the east instead of the west, plans show. The additions, staircase and balcony replacement were designed by Dailey Janssen Architects of West Palm Beach. The work at 1047 S. Ocean Blvd. was first approved as two separate projects in 2020 and 2021, but those approvals expired, requiring the Holzers to return to the council, town staff told the council in a memo. The council approved three variances to reduce the north side-yard setback, reduce the south side-yard setback and increase the lot coverage. The home already exceeds those setbacks and the lot coverage, because it was built before the current code went into effect, said James Murphy, assistant director of the town's Planning, Zoning and Building Department. Once completed, the changes will not be visible from South Ocean Boulevard, he said. Council members lauded the Holzers' decision to replace the pair of smaller balconies with Volk's original design. "The back of the home really lost its architectural integrity, and the bulk of this request is really bringing back an element that you can see in this historical photography that it originally had, so I'm in," Council Member Ted Cooney said, referring to a photo shown to the council by Ziska. Volk designed the house for James Moffett Jr. and his wife Adeline. Moffett was a vice president of Standard Oil of New Jersey and then the first Federal Housing Administrator, serving from 1934 to 1935. According to the 2013 landmark designation report, Volk was inspired by the National Housing Act and the "Modeltown and Modernization Magic" exhibition at the 1935 Exposition in San Diego. The Moffetts named the house White Caps.
