National Historic Landmark · Graves Mill, Virginia

Camp Hoover

Added to the National Register in 1988, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1988
Camp Hoover
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeHistoric district
AddressShenandoah National Park, Graves Mill, VA
CountyMadison County
ListedJun 7, 1988
Listed forPolitics and government
Level of significanceNational
Also known asCamp Rapidan
Reference number88001825
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressShenandoah National Park, Graves Mill, VA
Coordinates38.4907° N, 78.4199° W · Directions ↗
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

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Map

Public land around it

Shenandoah Wilderness ↗Wilderness, National Park ServiceAbout 4 miles away79,579 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Guidebooks to historic places in Virginia

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  • Historical Tours Alexandria, Virginia
    Frederick Knops, 2017
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  • Plantations of Virginia
    Charlene C. Giannetti and Jai Williams, 2017
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  • George Washington's Virginia
    John R. Maass, 2017
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  • Historic Sites in Virginia's Northern Neck and Essex County
    Thomas A. Wolf, 2011
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Camp Hoover listed on the National Register?

Jun 7, 1988. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Camp Hoover?

Shenandoah National Park, Graves Mill, Madison County, Virginia.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Camp Hoover?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 88001825. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.