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

    Herbert Hoover

    National Historic Site Iowa

Operating Hours & Seasons

The Visitor Center, Birthplace Cottage, Blacksmith Shop, Schoolhouse, Friends Meetinghouse, and the Presidential Library and Museum are open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.

The loop road from the Presidential Library and Museum to the Gravesite and picnic shelters, and the Village Green Parking Lot (on Parkside Drive across from the Visitor Center) are closed to vehicles and parking from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

The grounds of the historic site are open 24 hours.

 
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Cottage in the spring.
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Cottage in the spring.
NPS Photo
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  • West Branch Commercial Historic District West Branch Commercial Historic District

    When Hoover was born in 1874, West Branch was beginning a long period of prosperity and growth. Read More

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Did You Know?

Yellow coneflowers in the lush green prairie grass.

General Land Office surveyors who first came to Iowa commented that the territory was fit only for waterfowl. Eighty-five percent of Iowa used to be soggy tallgrass prairie. More...