Thomas Benton Hoover House | |
Location | First Street between Adams and Washington streets, Fossil, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 44°59′59″N120°12′57″W / 44.999711°N 120.215782°W |
Area | 0.375 acres (1,520 m2) [1] |
Built | 1882 |
NRHP reference No. | 78002328 |
Added to NRHP | April 14, 1978 |
The Thomas Benton Hoover House is a historic house located in Fossil, Oregon, United States. The house is constructed in two stories with clapboarded outer walls. It was built in 1882 by Thomas Benton Hoover, an early Euro-American settler and prominent Fossil citizen. Hoover was Fossil's first merchant (along with a partner), mayor, justice of the peace, and postmaster, as well as an early county commissioner and director of schools. He named Fossil for a paleontological find on his property in 1876. [1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2]
Fossil is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. The name was chosen by the first postmaster, Thomas B. Hoover, who had found some fossil remains on his ranch. The population was 473 at the 2010 census.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Oregon:
Hoover House may refer to:
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