From National Historic Sites
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
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- Designation
- National Historic Site
- State
- IA
- Park address
- West Branch, IA
- Entrance fee
- No entrance feeNPS data as of 2026-08-25
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Notes
Designation Date: 08/12/1965
Orphaned at age nine, Herbert Hoover left West Branch never to live here again. In later years, he returned to his humble birthplace to celebrate his long career of public service. A memorial landscape remains to tell his story: how community, hard work, honesty, and usefulness to others opened a world of opportunity— and the presidency of the United States— to a child of simple beginnings.