Hoover sites that I have seen:
Hoover's home in Washington DC (private property)
Presidential retreat: Camp Rapidan Shenandoah National Park, VA
Hoover birthplace, Library and Museum, and gravesite. West Branch, Iowa
When you go to West Branch, Iowa to see Herbert Hoover sites they make it easy on you. In one easy to walk around location you get Hoover's birthplace, gravesite and his Library and Museum. There is a big open grassy area between his small birthplace home and his gravesite. Hoover himself insisted that nothing ever be built in this area. Hoover's parents died in their 30's leaving Herbert, or 'Bertie' as he was called as a kid, an orphan before age 10. He would leave West Branch and live with an Uncle in Oregon where he grew up.
Herbert Hoover was at the time blamed for the Great Depression. Unfortunately that is the legacy most remember.
Before entering politics as Secretary of Commerce under Harding and later Coolidge, he was a successful businessman, self made millionaire, and great humanitarian. During and after WW1 he fed much of war torned Europe on his own.
Hoover entered office loved by most, and left hated by most. He lived a good long life assuming the role of an elder statesman in later administrations. He died in 1964 at the age of 90.
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| The small 2 room house in which Herbert Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa |
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| The room in which Hoover was born |
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| Herbert's Dad Jesse Hoover's Blacksmith shop near his birthplace |
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| Inside Jesse Hoovers Blacksmith shop |
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| Quacker meeting house where the Hoover's attended near his birthplace |
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| Inside Quacker Meeting House |
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| Schoolhouse attended by Hoover |
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| Inside the schoolhouse |
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This is the house in Washington DC that Hoover lived in when he served as Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge. It is just a couple of houses down from the Woodrow Wilson house and is now an Embassy The construction of Skyline drive was ordered by President Hoover. It runs 105 miles along the Blue Ridge Mountains through Shenandoah national park. We drove about a third of it and it was some of the nicest scenery I have ever seen. President Hoover's retreat Camp Rapidan was in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He loved the area so much that he wanted the road constructed so that the people would have a more accessible view of the area.  To see Camp Rapidan you can make an appointment with the National Park to drive you there and take the tour. But since Covid had eliminated that option, the only way to see it was to take a 2 mile hike into the woods off of Skyline drive, and 2 miles back. My 9 year old son Nick decided to take the hike with me. It was a beautiful hike.  My son Nick and I walking across a log. We had to cross 3 rivers to get to Hoover's cabin     Location of the mess hall    Finally found the cabin  Probably best view of the cabin. When I was there some people were eating lunch on the corner of the deck so I didn't want to take a picture of them unwillingly. So I'm borrowing this one so you can see this angle.  The Hoover's at Camp Rapidan     Inside the Cabin in Hoover's day. I hope to see the inside after everything opens up    Nick and I at President Hoover's cabin     Heading back |
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| Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum West Branch, Iowa |
When you go to West Branch, Iowa to see Herbert Hoover sites they make it easy on you. In one easy to walk around location you get Hoover's birthplace, gravesite and his Library and Museum. There is a big open grassy area between his small birthplace home and his gravesite. Hoover himself insisted that nothing ever be built in this area. Hoover's parents died in their 30's leaving Herbert, or 'Bertie' as he was called as a kid, an orphan before age 10. He would leave West Branch and live with an Uncle in Oregon where he grew up.
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| Hoover at age 23, trying to look like he's 35. Picture at the Hoover Library. |
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| A statue of Hoover fishing in the Library |
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| Replica of Hoovers NYC office |
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| Replica of Hoovers NYC office |
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| Most of the Presidential Libraries have a piece of the Berlin Wall. Here is Hoovers |
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| Their is a map of the world at the Hoover Library with a golden wheat emblem on every country that he helped feed. He was a great humanitarian before and after his Presidency. |
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| The gravesite of Herbert Hoover. West Branch, Iowa |
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| Me at the gravesite of Herbert Hoover |
Herbert Hoover was at the time blamed for the Great Depression. Unfortunately that is the legacy most remember.
Before entering politics as Secretary of Commerce under Harding and later Coolidge, he was a successful businessman, self made millionaire, and great humanitarian. During and after WW1 he fed much of war torned Europe on his own.
Hoover entered office loved by most, and left hated by most. He lived a good long life assuming the role of an elder statesman in later administrations. He died in 1964 at the age of 90.
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