From 1929 to 1932, Rapidan Camp, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains at the headwaters of the Rapidan River, served as a weekend retreat for President Herbert and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover. There, near Laurel Prong and Mill Prong, they found respite from the heat and formality of Washington, D.C., with the Brown House serving as their rustic weekend counterpart to the White House. The Brown House, the guest house named The Prime Minister, and The Creel are the only three structures left of a once-extensive establishment that hosted public officials and influential powerbrokers, where the Hoovers entertained and politicked amid natural quiet and picturesque seclusion.