Hoover-Minthorn House Museum
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Hoover-Minthorn House Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Trask Mountain stands 1,040 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Herbert Hoover Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 6.6 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Hoover–Minthorn House is a museum in Newberg, Oregon, United States, created from the residence of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States. Hoover lived there from 1885 to 1891, with his uncle and aunt John and Laura Minthorn. The Minthorns were administrators of the Quaker school Friends Pacific Academy, now George Fox University, which Hoover and his brother Tad attended. The house, an Italianate design built in 1881 by Jesse Edwards, a Quaker merchant, is the first residence Edwards built and the oldest house still standing in what is now Newberg, Oregon. Representing vernacular design in the Willamette Valley, it was restored and opened to the public in 1955. It is located on 115 South River Street. Owned and operated as a house museum by the Oregon chapter of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, it has been furnished with late 19th-century period furnishings, including the bedroom furniture used by Hoover as a boy. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (as the Dr. Henry J. Minthorn House aka Herbert Hoover House) in 2003.
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Wikidata Q5898849, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 11.1 mi off the Silver Falls
- 26.8 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
Named places within 25 miles
- Herbert Hoover Park: 0.1 mi
- Rocket Park: 0.2 mi
- Francis Square: 0.2 mi
- Rotary Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
- Carnegie Court: 0.3 mi
- Millage Memorial Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Learning Garden: 2.5 mi
- Wilsonville Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Andrew Keller Memorial Circle: 10.7 mi
- Belle's Haven: 11.7 mi
- King's Landing Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Fir Clearing Creek Confluence: 4.9 mi
- Baker Creek Woods: 5.6 mi
- Middle Heaton Creek Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Baker Heaton Confluence: 6.7 mi
- Ewing Young Oak: 4.0 mi
- Champoeg Monument: 4.3 mi
- Donald Manson's Barn: 5.2 mi
- Old Gas Pump: 7.3 mi
- Oregon Korean War Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Bigfoot: 6.9 mi
- Acorn Statue: 8.4 mi
- Statue of Gentle Ben: 8.8 mi
- Modern Flight: 10.1 mi
- Flight of the Moon: 10.1 mi
- Chehalem Cultural Center: 0.4 mi
- Newell House: 4.9 mi
- Champoeg Visitor Center: 5.2 mi
- Sherwood Heritage Center: 7.2 mi
- Yamhill County Museum: 7.9 mi
- Lange Estates Winery: 3.6 mi
- Airplane Home: 7.7 mi
- Wings & Waves Water Park: 11.0 mi
- Mushroom House: 11.3 mi
- Broder Söder: 14.6 mi
- Grouse Butte: 2.5 mi
- Parrett Mountain: 4.1 mi
- La Butte: 6.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 6.8 mi
- Bald Peak: 7.9 mi
- The Love Garden Farm Stand: 7.1 mi
- Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 10.2 mi
- Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 10.3 mi
- Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 12.4 mi
- Willamette Falls: 17.3 mi
- Coffee Creek Falls: 17.3 mi
- Cedar Mill Falls: 17.7 mi
- Little Lee Falls: 17.8 mi
- Singer Falls: 18.0 mi
- Champoeg: 5.0 mi
- Saint Joseph: 9.6 mi
- Waconda: 15.5 mi
- Fulton: 18.6 mi
- Thatcher: 20.1 mi
- Oliver Spring: 2.7 mi
- Giesy Spring: 10.3 mi
- Normandin Spring: 23.1 mi
- La Toutena Mary Spring: 24.1 mi
- San Salvador Beach: 6.0 mi
- Poet's Beach: 20.3 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 21.9 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Waud Bluff: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hoover-Minthorn House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trask Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,040 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sheridan Peak | W 267° | 942 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 267° | 932 m | 23.9 mi |
| Snap Point | W 275° | 760 m | 22.2 mi |
| Ball Bearing Hill | W 267° | 701 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kutch Mountain | W 278° | 626 m | 19.4 mi |
| Green Top | WSW 256° | 626 m | 23.2 mi |
| Tuttle Point | NW 308° | 623 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:43 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — REX 1 S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/828901483
Day trips start here
- Newberg · 0 mi
- Wilsonville · 10 mi
- Aurora · 11 mi
- Woodburn · 12 mi
- McMinnville · 13 mi
- Tigard · 13 mi
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