Schedule a Tour of Hoover House

Schedule a Tour of Hoover House
Please call in advance to reserve tickets for tours.
336.861.6959
Hours
Admission
Tues. - Sat., 9am-5pm
Sun., 2pm-5pm
Adults, $5
Seniors 65+, $3
Youth 12-17, $3
Under 12, FREE
*Prices subject to change
*Closed New Year’s Day,
Easter, Thanksgiving,
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
For access to the Historic Hoover House,
please visit our Welcome Center, located at
5507 Snyder Country Road, Trinity, NC 27370.
R
elive Randolph County
subsistence farm life from
1905 to 1944 at the Historic
Hoover House, which was built
by Jerry Neal’s maternal greatgrandfather, Edd Hoover, in 1905.
Through docent guided tours, visitors
will see the house and learn about
the daily lives of the families who
The Historic Hoover House is one of three properties
belonging to the Linbrook Heritage Estate, which is
located in Randolph County, North Carolina. The Estate’s
other two properties are Linbrook Hall and the Neal
John Deere® Tractor and Industrial Museum. Owned
by Jerry and Linda Neal, Linbrook Heritage Estate is
located in the area where Mr. Neal’s ancestors settled
nearly 250 years ago. Each of the three properties found
on the Estate highlights the significance of Randolph
County, its land, and its people. We invite you to tour all
three of the properties comprising Linbrook Heritage Estate
or to tour one with the promise that you’ll come back to
visit us again soon.
once lived here. Lovingly restored
to its original appearance in 2011,
the house displays furniture and
treasured objects original to the
home. Take a trip back in time to
Linbrook Heritage Estate
5507 Snyder Country Rd., Trinity, NC 27370
happy days of old at the Historic
336.861.6959
Hoover House.
www.LinbrookHeritageEstate.com
…built by Edd Hoover in 1905,
lovingly restored to its original appearance,
displaying furniture and treasured objects
original to the house…
Tours
The Hoover House gives visitors a glimpse of what
subsistence farming life was like in Randolph County
during the first half of the 20th century. In addition to
learning about the Hoovers’ daily lives, visitors to the
Hoover House will have the opportunity to learn about
the 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover,
and his connection to the Hoovers of Randolph County.
We invite you to visit this unique property and step
back in time with us as we return to a simpler era in
Randolph County’s history.
To reserve tickets for a tour of the Historic Hoover
House, we kindly ask that you call at least one day in
advance to allow for preparation of the home. We are
happy to accommodate school and community groups;
tours can be tailored to fit your group’s needs. For
group tours, kindly give at least two weeks’ notice.
To schedule a tour or to receive additional information,
please contact us at 336.861.6959 or
[email protected].
History
The Historic Hoover House, a property of Linbrook
Heritage Estate, was originally built as a two-room
farmhouse in 1905 by Jerry Neal’s maternal greatgrandfather, Edd Hoover. It stands on land that Edd
Hoover purchased in 1902. With the assistance of his
daughter and only child, Myrtle, Edd used two mules
and simple hand tools to clear enough of the forested
land to build a house and grow crops.
The farmhouse took on its present six-room size in the
1930s when Myrtle returned to Hoover House to care
for her ailing mother, Charity. By that time, Myrtle was
married to Jefferson Dorsett and had two daughters:
Mr. Neal’s aunt, Gracie, and his mother, Bertie. A third
daughter, Beulah Lee, was born a few years later, and
all three daughters grew up in the house. Bertie would
later bring her children back to the house every Sunday
afternoon for a delicious Sunday meal prepared by her
mother and Gracie. On those same Sunday afternoons,
a young Mr. Neal would go on walks around the
countryside with his great-grandfather, Edd, learning
about the importance of the land and forming the bonds
to this area of Randolph County that have remained
strong throughout his life.
The Hoovers of Randolph County
The name Hoover has a long history in Randolph County. Hoovers were of German
descent and originally called Huber; the name was anglicized to the present-day Hoover.
The first Hoover to come to what is now Randolph County was Andreas Huber, or
Andrew Hoover, who built a gristmill in the late 1700s at the confluence of the Uwharrie
and Little Uwharrie Rivers and settled with his wife and twelve children about one mile
from the current location of the Historic Hoover House. Several generations later, Herbert
Hoover, a direct descendent of Andrew Hoover, became President. Mr. Neal’s family is
also directly descended from Andrew Hoover, and their tie to the area where he settled
nearly 250 years ago has remained strong.