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Item Title
Herbert Hoover Birthplace House, Southwest corner of Penn & Downey Streets (moved), West Branch, Cedar County, IA
LocationSouthwest corner of Penn & Downey Streets (moved),
West Branch, IA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IA-21
Building/structure dates:
1871 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1885 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1938 subsequent work
National Register Number: 66000110
Significance: Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Architecturally, interesting as an example of vernacular construction.
Subjects
U.S. PresidentsMoving Of StructuresGalleries & Museums
Related Names
Hoover, Pres. Herbert
Hoover, Jesse
McKay Construction Company
Wagner, William
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. EAST FRONT
2. EAST FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE (TO RIGHT IS GATEWAY BUILDING BUILT 1952)
3. SOUTH SIDE
4. WEST REAR
5. NORTH SIDE
6. DETAIL, EAST FRONT, PORCH
7. DETAIL, SOUTH SIDE, PORCH DOOR
8. DETAIL, WEST REAR, PORCH DOOR
9. INTERIOR, DETAIL OF WALL CONSTRUCTION (ALSO SHOWING FURNISHINGS, SUCH AS CRIB, WASHSTAND, ETC.)
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