Rapidan Camp
Servants' Quarters
Although no known picture exists of the Servants Quarters, it was the building that housed the staff. Hoover decommissioned the Presidential Yacht which had been staffed by a group of Filipino men. Not wanting to leave them unemployed, he offered them jobs at Rapidan. The men shown in the white coats had previously staffed the yacht and moved to the mountains of Virginia to serve at the President's camp. After their deaths, records revealed that the Hoovers sponsored some of these employees' educations.
Lesson 2
Discussion Topic
Most of the servants were Filipino and had taken jobs as crew on the Presidential yacht. When Hoover de-commisioned the yacht, they were re-assigned to Rapidan Camp.
Which place do you think they liked better? Why?