This is really a rather remarkable site. Hoover's wife decided, upon his leaving office, to restore and preserve the cottage where Hoover was born (his later boyhood home having already been torn down), which led to there being four historic buildings a short walk from the visitor center - in addition to the cottage, his father's blacksmith shop, the Quaker meeting house, and a schoolhouse. The library and museum are also right nearby, though unfortunately they were closed during our visit.
I had not realized that Hoover's parents both passed away when he was so young; it's not often someone outlives their parents by 80 years.
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