William Howard Taft's dairy cow, Pauline, last cow to live at the White House: #LOC

[mahatmakanejeeves]

William Howard Taft’s dairy cow, Pauline, last cow to live at the White House: #LOC

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[Vinca]

1. It's a good thing Pauline isn't there now. Junior would use her for target practice.

[onethatcares]

2. what's the bldg in the background?

It doesn't look anything like anything I've seen.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. The State, War and Navy Building - now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/president-tafts-cow-pauline-wayne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Executive_Office_Building

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. I was curious too! It's the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

It wasn’t called that back then, but it is the same structure;

[onethatcares]

5. thanks for the replies.

I wish I could have worked on a project like that in my younger days but I bet it's a roofers' nightmare.

side note.

I had a friend that worked on Independence Hall in Philadelphia in the 80s. He said everything had to historical matching.