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1. www.nps.gov › places › the-lou-henry-and-herbertThe Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House - U.S. National Park ...

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   Feb 10, 2021 · Studying geology, Hoover met fellow student Lou Henry in a geology lab. Lou Henry, also born in Iowa in 1874, had moved to Monterey, California, with her family in 1884. She entered Stanford University in 1894. After graduation, Herbert Hoover worked for a while in the California gold mines and then in Western Australia, returning in 1899 to ...

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   Apr 1, 2024 · Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House. 1120 Hopkins Avenue. Palo Alto, CA 94301. From 101: Cross the Bay Bridge; Continue on I-80 South and take 280 South to Daly City. Take Embarcadero Rd West/Oregon Expy, 3rd ramp toward Stanford University. Turn right on Newell. Turn left on Hopkins.

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   Why did Lou Hoover return to Palo Alto?

   • In the spring of 1933, the Hoovers returned to their Palo Alto home after the White House, and while the former President kept up a busy pace of travel in his business, public speaking and writing work, Lou Hoover preferred to re-integrate into her community.

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   What is in the Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House?

   • A display case in the entry hall contains memorabilia of Lou Henry Hoover, including some of her field notebooks and early photographs. It was researched and donated as a Silver Award project by a Palo Alto troop. Today, the Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House is the oldest scout meeting house remaining in continuous use in the United States.

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   What happened to Lou Hoover's House after her husband died?

   • After Lou's death in 1944, her husband deeded the house to Stanford University to serve as a home for university professors. Herbert Hoover, born in West Branch, Iowa in 1874, was a member of the first class of Leland Stanford, Jr. University.

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   Who was Lou Hoover?

   • Just five years after creating the Girl Scouts, Low met Lou Hoover and, struck by the Californian's own grounding in a childhood spent camping, hiking and exploring the natural world, immediately recruited her into the organization's leadership. Lou Hoover began her work with the organization as a National Commissioner (1917-1918).

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4. www.girlscoutsofpaloalto.orgPalo Alto Girl Scouts

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   The City of Palo Alto granted a piece of land for a Girl Scout House to be built within a corner of Rinconada Park adjacent to what is now the Junior Museum and Lucie Stern Center. Lou Henry Hoover and two other members of the Palo Alto Girl Scout Board each donated $500 to build the meetinghouse.

5. ohp.parks.ca.gov › ListedResources › DetailLOU HENRY HOOVER HOUSE - CA State Parks

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   Upon Mrs. Hoover's death, the house was given to Stanford University. Registration Date: 10/14/1977. Location: City: Palo Alto. County: Santa Clara. Directions: 623 Mirada Rd, plaque located 100 ft S of intersection of Cabrillo and Santa Ynez Aves, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Back Return to Listed Resources Listing.

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7. www.pastheritage.org › Articles › LHHooverMFLou Henry Hoover House - PAST Heritage

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   Apr 20, 2019 · 623 Mirada, Stanford. Cresting San Juan Hill on the Stanford campus is the Hoover House, designed by Lou Henry Hoover, wife of the 31st President of the United States. Built between 1919 and 1920, it was the family’s only permanent residence. The Hoovers always considered it “home” though they lived there only sporadically: before leaving ...

8. archive.firstladies.org › biographies › firstladiesLou Hoover Biography :: National First Ladies' Library

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   Lou Hoover also resumed her work on the local level with the Girl Scouts, again becoming a member of the Palo Alto Council (1933-1944). As a former First Lady, Lou Hoover returned to play substantive roles in the national organization of the Girl Scouts, again as President (1935-1937) while simultaneously, for a time, a member of the National ...

9. punchmagazine.com › landmark-lou-henry-hoover-girlLandmark: Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House - Punch Magazine

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   Jun 3, 2022 · To mark the 110th anniversary of the Girl Scouts in 2022, stop by the Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House, a cabin-like headquarters just a stone’s throw from the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo. Named for the same luminary who established the West Coast’s first troop in Palo Alto, this meeting house is the oldest in continuous use nationally.