A federal agency has agreed to postpone any plans to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located next to the White House, until at least the end of the year, according to new court filings. Historic preservation groups had filed a lawsuit seeking to block changes to the 137-year-old National Historic Landmark without a formal review process and have asked for a preliminary injunction blocking the work. The General Services Administration included the reprieve in a filing on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. But White House officials declined to say whether President Trump—who said last week that "it was always considered an ugly building"—would keep the agency's promise, and a spokesman criticized the people behind the lawsuit.
The organizations sued Friday after comments Trump made about the building in a Fox News interview, per the Post. "Gray is for funerals," he said, displaying a mockup that showed the building's exterior in palatial white instead of its historic slate gray. "Look at it, how beautiful that is with a coat of paint," Trump said. The GSA commissioner's statement said the agency won't authorize cleaning, painting, or other exterior work before Dec. 31 while the preliminary injunction is under review. The lawsuit argues that any alterations to the historic stone facade could cause irreversible damage and must be reviewed under federal preservation laws.
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