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From Hoover Heritage Commemorative Calendar August 2006
SALVATION ARMY~BENJAMIN HOOVER HOUSE
This picture taken in the spring of 1939 shows a young Lloyd Drehmer being held by his great, great uncle Benjamin Hoover Jr. Benjamin's son Lloyd Benjamin Hoover would be the last Hoover owner of the property.
This farm was established by Isaac Hoover, son of David and grandson of Jacob. The present house was built of poured concrete about 1916 by Benjamin Hoover Jr., a nephew of Isaac. The poured concrete verandas exhibit excellent proportions and craftsmanship in a very unusual material. The house is a typical Mennonite bank-house. The walkout basement contains a spring which runs through a long concrete sink. Another feature of the house is a poured concrete fireplace made using a steam engine wheel as a form. On April 6, 1948 Lloyd Benjamin Hoover sold the property to the Governing Council of the Salvation Army, Canada East, who have used it as a summer camp ever since. This lot, Lot 3, Concession 1, Rainham has the first recorded inhabitant after the surveys were ordered made by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. In 1794 Henry Stoffles reported to have been living here for three years with a wife and daughter and eight acres cleared. Stoffles seems to have disappeared and the land would become a Crown Reserve until it was granted to Thomas Hampton in 1809.
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Rainham Builders
1863 - 1946 (83 years)