Hoover Tower
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Commissioned as both a monument honoring Herbert Hoover and as a collection space for the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, the Bakewell & Brown-designed Hoover Tower was completed in 1941. The steel-frame building with concrete walls and colored exterior stucco combines elements of Beaux-Arts Classicism and Art Deco. The tower features a square shaft with cast-stone, pyramidal pinnacles, and a multi-story, hexagonally shaped drum supporting a semi-circular dome with a clay-tile roof, topped by a cast-stone lantern and crowning ball.

ARG developed a treatment and cleaning plan for the heavily stained pinnacles and lantern. We supervised the removal of the forms and designed an opening to allow ventilation of the pinnacle cavities. Our services also included waterproof treatment of mortar joints with sealant, water repellent treatment of the pinnacles, and fabrication of a new precast ball for the tower top replacing the lighting damaged original.

For more information on Hoover Tower, visit www.stanford.edu/home/welcome/campus/hoover.html