Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Birthplace
Birthplace: 110 Parkside Drive, West Branch, IA (Herbert Hoover National Historic Site)
Visited: 5/24/00
Log Excerpt: "Down the highway a little to West Branch and the Herbert Hoover NHS [Birthplace NHL]. ... Walked to Hoover’s boyhood home, and saw a reconstruction of his father’s blacksmith shop. Finally went to the visitor center and saw a brief film about the site."
Home
Home: Boyhood Home Plaque (Herbert Hoover National Historic Site)
Visited: 5/24/00
Log Excerpt: "Down the highway a little to West Branch and the Herbert Hoover NHS [Birthplace NHL]. ... Walked to Hoover’s boyhood home, and saw a reconstruction of his father’s blacksmith shop. Finally went to the visitor center and saw a brief film about the site."
Home
Home: 115 South River St., Newberg, OR (Hoover-Minthorn House Museum)
Visited: 9/22/13
Log Excerpt: Continued north to Newberg for the Hoover-Minthorn House NHL. Hoover lived there from 1885 to 1891, with his Uncle John and Aunt Laura Minthorn. The house is a museum but was closed, so after photos I continued north
Home
Home: 2300 S Street, Washington, DC (Myanmar Embassy)
Visited: 10/13/24
Log Excerpt: "Herbert Hoover Home. President Warren G. Harding appointed Hoover Secretary of Commerce; he and his wife Lou Henry moved into this mansion and lived here until he was elected President in 1929. Hoover retained this property during and after his presidency, finally selling it in 1944, when he took up permanent residence at the Waldorf Astoria in New York."
White House
Home: White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC
Visited: 8/1968, 10/16/2022 etc. Photo 10/16/2022
White House Residence: 1929-1933
Home
Home: Suite 31-A, Waldorf Towers, 100 East 50th Street, New York, NY
Visited: 6/27/12
Log Excerpt: "... then continued up to the Waldorf-Astoria, of interest to me as the 1950s-1960s home of Herbert Hoover."
Gravesite
Gravesite: 110 Parkside Drive, West Branch, IA (Herbert Hoover National Historic Site)
Visited: 5/24/00
Log Excerpt: "Down the highway a little to West Branch and the Herbert Hoover NHS. Arrived 45 minutes before opening, but could take a walk to the Hoover gravesite and on a trail over the restored prairie."