Herbert Hoover National Historic Site tells the story of the 31st President of the United States by preserving historic buildings and a landscape the commemorates his life and accomplishments.

The National Park Service, which administers Herbert Hoover NHS preserves nationally significant historical and cultural treasures throughout the country. Discover »

National Park Service Studies and Reports

Buildings in the Core Area and Jesse Hoover's Blacksmith Shop. Historian Edwin C. Bearss and archaelogist Wilfred M. Husted wrote this official National Park Service study of the Blacksmith Shop, Isaac Miles Farmstead, and other historic buildings at the National Historic Site in 1970. Download PDF file (12,137 KB) »

Cultural Landscape Report. Written in 1995, the Cultural Landscape Report is an assessment of and recommendations for the park's historical landscape. Download PDF file (9,974 KB) »

Eleven Core Area Buildings. Written in 1982 by architect William J. Wagner, this report is an investigation of eleven historic buildings at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Volume 1 contains administrative and architectural data. Download PDF file (15,982 KB) » Volume 2 contains appendices. Download PDF file (16,862 KB) »

Historical Base Map and Ground Study. This 1968 study by historian Edwin C. Bearss documents West Branch in the period 1874-1886. Download PDF file (7,804 KB) »

The Hoover Houses and Community Structures. The report on historic structures, written in 1971 by historian Edwin C. Bearss, is an official NPS study of the Birthplace Cottage, Friends Meetinghouse, Schoolhouse, House of the Maples (Second Hoover Home), and other buildings associated with Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. Read the study »

Other Places to Learn About Herbert Hoover

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum has extensive exhibits, research materials, and Web-based information on the life of Herbert Hoover.

Camp Rapidan, now part of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, was the Hoovers' private mountain retreat during the presidential years.

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University in California is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and international affairs. Herbert Hoover, a Stanford graduate, founded the institution.

The Hoover-Minthorn House Museum in Newberg, Oregon was Herbert Hoover's home from 1885 to 1889. It is preserved as a memorial to him and to the lifestyle of the Quaker community in which he was raised as a boy. The house is owned and operated by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America.

The Leonora Gwalia Historical Museum in Australia includes the site of the Historic Hoover House, commissioned and built in 1898 for Herbert Hoover when he was the manager of the Sons of Gwalia mine.

The Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, completed in 1920, was the Hoovers' first and only permanent residence. Herbert donated the home to Stanford University after his wife Lou died in 1944. It is not open to the public.

American Presidents Travel Itinerary

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site is one of many stops on the American Presidents Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary. The travel itinerary is compiled by the National Park Service. It highlights presidential historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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