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Presidents Hall of Fame
Clermont, Lake County
BUILT BY ONE PERSON
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WHAT IT IS
Every US president in wax, plus a 60-foot hand-built model of the White House with working chandeliers.
John Zweifel spent decades and roughly $10 million building a 1:12 replica of the White House, accurate to the newspapers on the desks and the working lights in the chandeliers. It toured the country; it now lives in a low building on Highway 27 beside a room of wax presidents in varying states of likeness. The care is enormous and slightly overwhelming. Nixon is there.
HOW IT SCORES
Rarity8/10
Is there anywhere else like it?
Backstory8/10
How did this come to be?
Disrepair8/10
What is holding it together?
Commitment10/10
How far do they take the bit?
NEARBY
BEFORE YOU DRIVE
- ENTRY FEE
- $20
- HOURS
- Tue–Sat, seasonal
- BEST TIME
- Election years, for the atmosphere.
- HOW LONG
- 1 hour
- PARKING
- Free lot
- PAYMENT
- Cards accepted
- ACCESS
- Flat, single level
COORDINATES
28.5486° N, 81.7561° W
123 N Highway 27, Clermont, next door to the Citrus Tower. Check the season.
OPEN IN MAPS →DETAILS COMPILED FROM PUBLISHED SOURCES. FEES CHANGE. CALL AHEAD.