Alexander Hoover House
historic house in South Dakota, United States
The Alexander Hoover House, located on South Dakota Highway 79 near Hoover, South Dakota, USA, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The listing included six contributing buildings and a contributing structure.
The one-and-a-half-story main house, built c.1909, has a steep gable roof. It was built for Alexander Hoover, the second postmaster of the town Hoover, which was named for John Hoover.
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