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Hoover Tower is a 285-foot (87 m) structure on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. The tower houses the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, an archive collection founded by Herbert Hoover before he became president of the United States.
Dec 3, 1970 · The plans for Hoover Tower are announced. Since the mid-1920s, Hoover and Stanford had been planning to move the Library into its own building. The Great Depression, however, made fund-raising nearly impossible; it was not until 1938 that Stanford decided $600,000 was sufficient for the building.
The well-known Hoover Tower was built to house the archives, then known as the Hoover War Collection (now the Hoover Institution Library and Archives ), and contained material related to World War I, World War II, and other global events.
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Hoover Tower. An iconic destination on the Stanford University campus for exhibitions, observation deck, and carillon concerts. Opening Hours & Information. The exhibition galleries and the Lou Henry Hoover observation deck open at 10am and close at 4pm, Monday through Sunday, except as noted below. Note: The last elevator goes up at 3:30 pm.
From the ground, the tower serves as an orienting beacon for visitors to the sprawling campus. And from the observation deck, 250 feet up, it offers spectacular views of the Farm, Foothills and Bay. Commissioned by Herbert Hoover, Class of 1895, construction was overseen by the architect of Coit Tower, Arthur Brown Jr.
Condoleezza Rice, the new director of the Hoover Institution. Photo: Steve Gladfelter. Explore the history of the Hoover Institution, its iconic tower, and the direction it is forging in the 21st century as a preeminent public policy and archival research center.
Hoover Tower was constructed between 1939 and 1941 by Arthur Brown Jr. It was inspired by the cathedral tower at Salamanca and was finished at the 50th anniversary of Stanford’s founding. Due to its location and height (285 feet), Hoover Tower is one of the most visually prominent buildings at Stanford. The structure’s bold lack of ornament ...
