Hoover-Minthorn House

Hoover-Minthorn House

The National Society of The Colonial Dames in the State of Oregon

Quick Facts

Location:

Newberg, Oregon

Significance:

Boyhood Home of President Herbert Hoover

Designation:

National Register of Historic Places

MANAGED BY:

The National Society of The Colonial Dames in the State of Oregon

The Dr. Henry John Minthorn, Jr. House, or Hoover-Minthorn House Museum, is a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Herbert Hoover lived with his uncle Henry John Minthorn and his family in Newberg, Oregon from 1885 to 1888. President Hoover dedicated the house as a museum during a visit to Newberg on his 81st birthday, August 10, 1955.