The 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover achieved American and international prominence in humanitarian relief efforts in war-time Belgium, served as head of the U.S. Food Administration during World War I, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. He served as U.S. President from 1928 to 1932. In 1947, President Truman appointed him to head the Hoover Commission.
He was the author of a three volume memoir Years of Adventure, 1874–1920 (1952), The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920–1933 (1952), and The Great Depression, 1929–1941 (1952).
The Homes
2300 S St. NW, Washington, DC (Embassy of Myanmar)
Also known as the Gales House, this Georgian Revival mansion is notable for its wide projecting central bay. This house, and the neighboring Myers House, were the site of Kalorama, the mansion once owned by poet and diplomat Joel Barlow, that gives the neighborhood its name.
Also home to: Perle Mesta
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC (The White House)
Built of Aquia Creek sandstone, this 130-room Neoclassical mansion was largely destroyed by arson during the War of 1812, and reconstructed in 1817. Additions include the South Portico (1824), the North Portico (1829), the West Wing (1901), and the Oval Office (1909). In 1949, the inside was completely gutted to stabilize the building with steel framing. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in 1935. The mansion was named a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Also home to: Paul Jennings John F. Kennedy Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Roosevelt Halsted Elliott Roosevelt James Roosevelt II Theodore Roosevelt Helen Herron Taft Margaret Truman Edith Bolling Galt Wilson Rose Elizabeth Cleveland Ulysses S. Grant John Hay
Herbert Hoover
2300 S St. NW, Washington DC
Located in Sheridan/Kalorama neighborhood, Northwest - East of Rock Creek
Herbert Hoover
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Located in Lafayette Square neighborhood, Northwest - East of Rock Creek