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Hoover House (May Hoover Clack)

Hoover House
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(26) Hoover House (May Hoover Clack)
This Modern style house is located at 7660 Lowell Boulevard. It was built by the Westminster community for May Hoover in 1951. May was the first person in Westminster to contract polio in 1949. Evert Drumwright donated the land. The community held fundraisers to have a house built that would accommodate her iron lung and other medical equipment.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
The May Hoover Clack House is a Modern style house. The Modern style originated in California and was popular from 1935 to 1970. It is an asymmetrical, one story house with a low pitched side gabled roof. There is a moderate roof overhang and underneath the eaves are open, exposing the roof clapboards and rafter, a typical detail of this style of house. Also the large picture window in the living area is a decorative element of this style of house.

North - Blickensterfer House (27) 7700 Lowell Boulevard
South - Mulford House 1 (17) 7651 Lowell Boulevard
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