Downey Street Herbert Hoover National Historic Site



laban miles house


laban miles brother-in-law of hulda hoover. miles , hoover families became close friends, , herbert play miles children. laban miles later served rutherford b. hayes indian agent. hoover briefly lived miles family in 1882 on osage nation reservation while permanent plans being made rearing. farmstead owned miles family south of residential district part of park. on downey street amanda garvin house, fine example of gothic revival architecture. charles e. smith house moved site in 1969. smith built house in 1903, after hoover had left west branch. however, national park service decided move house site because of queen anne architecture. sister wife of dr. l. j. leech, lived on street. leech lived in miles house after moving west branch in 1884. while miles family foreclosed on house, leech purchased , lived there. built own house next door in 1920.


hannah varney built house in 1899 after divorce husband. lived there year before moving iowa city , remarried. daughters cora , clara lived in house until 1915. house moved present site in 1967. p. t. smith house west branch house hoover distinctly remembered when visiting town years later. hoover children , smith children played together, particularly enjoying sledding on nearby cook s hill.








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