Hoover Tower

Hoover Tower, visible throughout the surrounding area, serves as a landmark of Stanford to faculty, students, alumni and the local community. Completed in 1941 to celebrate the university's 50th anniversary, the 285-foot structure offers superb views of Stanford and the Bay Area from its observation deck. Atop Hoover Tower is a carillon of 48 bells cast in Belgium. The largest bell is inscribed, "For Peace Alone Do I Ring."

Hoover Tower is part of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, a Stanford-affiliated public policy research center founded by Herbert Hoover, a member of the university's pioneer class of 1895 and the 31st president of the United States. Rooms on the ground floor of Hoover Tower contain exhibits of many items from President Hoover's career.

Hoover Tower's observation deck is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closed during finals and academic breaks.

The Hoover Institution began in 1919 with a $50,000 gift from alumnus Herbert Hoover, who would later become the 31st president of the United States. Hoover is pictured here with the tower that's named after him.
Photo: Stanford University Archives

Visible throughout the surrounding area, Hoover Tower has been a campus landmark since its completion in 1941.

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