Claim: The Hoover–Minthorn House is a vernacular Italian villa- style museum that was built in 1881 by  Jesse Edwards in Newberg, Oregon.
Evidence: The Hoover–Minthorn House is a museum in Newberg, Oregon, United States, created from the residence of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States. Italian Villa, Vernacular Italian Villa 1881 The house, an Italianate design built in 1881 by Jesse Edwards, a Quaker merchant, is the first residence Edwards built and the oldest house still standing in what is now Newberg, Oregon.