Clue #1 A friendly place to live.
> Clue #1 A friendly place to live.
Okay, I'm thinking either in Philadelphia or a Quaker, i.e. a "friend", or both.
The house
I'd guess that the house was built in the late 1870's or early 1880's.
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover lived in that house as a boy.
Yes, it was built in 1881
>The Hoover-Minthorn House was built in 1881 by Jesse Edwards and is the first residence built and still standing in what is now Newberg, Oregon. For the years 1885-1889, the house was the home of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States.
>The house is owned and operated by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Oregon.
>Architecturally, the house reflects Jesse Edwards, the Quaker entrepreneur. It is also very much an 1882 Willamette Valley vernacular house--an expression of rural taste, a less sophisticated country cousin of the grander houses being built in Portland. In overall design, the house is Italianate. Its eclecticism comes from other features--an example of fashion in the midst of change.
Yes, it was built in 1881
Wow! That was fast, Kent.
