A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1920 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“The Hoover House, formally known as the Lou Henry Hoover House or the Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, is a historic house located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. Completed in 1920, it was designed by Lou Henry Hoover, who lived there with her husband Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States.”
Wikipedia article Lou Henry Hoover House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1920, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by Lou Henry Hoover · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.78000786- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1897 to 1997
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971997
Fires near this property
197 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Lou Henry Hoover House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
117
Equipment and vehicle use
32
Arson/incendiarism
15
Smoking
12
Misuse of fire by a minor
11
Debris and open burning
7
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Recreation and ceremony
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
8 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2013
Equipment and vehicle use
1.2 acres
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
ALPINE
5 September 2011
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
5 September 2009
Debris and open burning
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
NB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R
30 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
28 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
17 workings within 5 miles of Lou Henry Hoover House: 6 past producers, 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Stanford, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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