• Pink flowers blossom in the garden of a white two-room cottage.

    Herbert Hoover

    National Historic Site Iowa

Virtual Tour

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site's landscape, buildings, and exhibits, represent American ideals of religion, education, hard work, community, and entrepreneurship as Herbert Hoover saw them and lived them. Take a virtual tour to learn more about the park. The virtual tour includes the following stops:
  3. Downey Street
  4. Birthplace Cottage
  5. Birthplace Cottage Furnishings
  6. Birthplace Cottage Restoration
  7. Blacksmith Shop
  8. Historic Homes on Downey Street
  9. Methodist Church and C.E. Smith House
  10. Garvin House
  11. Laban Miles House
  12. Leech House
  13. Varney House
  14. Hoover’s 1928 Campaign Visit
  15. West Branch Commercial District
  16. Historic Homes on Poplar Street
  17. Hayhurst House
  18. Wright House
  19. Staples House
  20. Mackey House
  21. Schoolhouse
  22. Hoover Creek
  23. Friends Meetinghouse
  24. Friends Meetinghouse Cry Room
  25. House of the Maples
  26. P.T. Smith House
  27. Statue of Isis
  28. Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
  29. Issac Miles Farmstead
  30. Tallgrass Pairie
  31. Gravesite
  • Birthplace Cottage Birthplace Cottage

    Hoover called his birthplace "physical proof of the unbounded opportunity of American life." Read More

  • Wildflowers Wildflowers

    A colorful array of flowers mixes with the green, purple, and golden hues of native prairie grasses. Read More

  • Graves of Jesse and Hulda Hoover Graves of Jesse and Hulda Hoover

    Herbert Hoover's parents are buried at the West Branch Municipal Cemetery on North Maple Street. Read More

  • Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover

    Learn about Herbert Hoover: engineer, humanitarian, statesman, and 31st President. Read More

Did You Know?

Black and white photo of Herbert Hoover in retirement.

In Herbert Hoover’s 31-year retirement from the presidency he never had any Secret Service protection. Not until 1965, one year after Hoover died, was lifetime Secret Service protection awarded to ex-presidents. More...