Herbert Hoover Birthplace House, Southwest corner of Penn & Downey Streets (moved), West Branch, Cedar County, IA

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4 drawings
9 b&w photos
2 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Herbert Hoover Birthplace House, Southwest corner of Penn & Downey Streets (moved), West Branch, Cedar County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HABS IOWA,16-WEBRA,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 4 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 9 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
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 of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000110

Significance: Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Architecturally, interesting as an example of vernacular construction.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Cedar County--West Branch
U.S. Presidents
moving of structures
galleries & museums

OTHER TITLE:
Jesse Hoover House
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ia0042

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.)

CONTROL #:
IA0042

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