Hoover-Minthorn House
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The Hoover-Minthorn House is a museum in Newberg
, Oregon
, United States
, created from the house of Herbert Hoover
, thirty-first President of the United States
. Hoover lived there from 1885 to 1891, with his uncle and aunt John and Laura Minthorn. The Minthorns were administrators of the Quaker middle school Friends Pacific Academy, now George Fox University
, where Hoover and his brother Tad attended.
The house, an Italianate
design built in 1881, was restored and opened to the public in 1955. It is located on 115 South River Street, Newberg, Oregon. The house is owned and operated by the Oregon chapter of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
, and has been furnished with late 19th century period furnishings, including the actual bedroom furniture used by Hoover as a boy.
The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
(as the Dr. Henry J. Minthorn House aka Herbert Hoover House) in 2003.
Newberg, Oregon
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 18,064 people, 6,099 households, and 4,348 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,599.4 people per square mile . There were 6,435 housing units at an average density of 1,282.2 per square mile...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, created from the house of Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...
, thirty-first President of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Hoover lived there from 1885 to 1891, with his uncle and aunt John and Laura Minthorn. The Minthorns were administrators of the Quaker middle school Friends Pacific Academy, now George Fox University
George Fox University
George Fox University is a Christian university of the liberal arts and sciences, and professional studies located in Newberg, Oregon, United States. Founded as a school for Quakers in 1885, the private school has more than 3,400 students combined between its main campus in Newberg and its centers...
, where Hoover and his brother Tad attended.
The house, an Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
design built in 1881, was restored and opened to the public in 1955. It is located on 115 South River Street, Newberg, Oregon. The house is owned and operated by the Oregon chapter of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1750, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period." The national headquarters of the society is at...
, and has been furnished with late 19th century period furnishings, including the actual bedroom furniture used by Hoover as a boy.
The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
(as the Dr. Henry J. Minthorn House aka Herbert Hoover House) in 2003.