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President Hoover’s Retreat - Photo 2

President Hoover’s Retreat - Photo 2

Medium: Photo
Credit: National Park Service

The “Brown House,” President and Mrs. Hoover’s cabin at their Rapidan Camp retreat in the mountains of Virginia. Hoover bought the 164-acre site and also paid $114,000 for the erection of camp buildings of pine board and the clearing of trails and bridle paths for hiking and horseback riding.

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