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Feature 336: 415 North Pleasant Street (in 2011)

Queen Anne style house

Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Wood House. Architectural Style: Queen Anne. Construction Date: ca. 1890 (move to this location in 1907). Period 2 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Establishing Community Roots, 1890-1919. Tax Identification: 26-220-20-09. Legal Description: Pleasant Place, lot 9. Description: Contributing two-story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; multi-gabled roofs with composition shingles; narrow clapboard siding and wood shingles in upper gable ends; one-over-one double-hung sash vinyl windows; wrap-around porch on facade and south elevation with round columns and wood balustrade; daylight basement. Slightly elevated lot with lawn; shade trees in side and rear yards. • Alterations: The house was moved to its present location in 1907 from the site of the Palmer Junior High School, located in the 200 block of North Pleasant Street [Feature 324]. • Contributing one-story, wood-frame garage with hipped roof and wood clapboard siding; located on alley [Feature 337]. History/Significance: By 1899, Madison G. Wood and his son, John F. Wood, lived in the house. Madison was a cashier; John was a bookkeeper at the Bank of Independence, and a student. By 1911, Madison G. Wood had been promoted to vice president of the Bank of Independence, which was doing business at 200 North Liberty Street [Feature 207]. On January 8, 1927, John Franklin Wood died of pneumonia in Kansas City. By that time, John F. was employed by American Appraisal Company. At the time of this death, he was married and had a son, John Wood III, two sisters, Mrs. William H. Turner and Mrs. William Austin, and a brother Ernest H. Wood. At the time of his death, John was forty years old. He had graduated from William Chrisman High School and the University of Michigan. By 1912, Laura A., Louise C., Tollie L., and Myrtle D. Graves occupied the house. In 1916, Barbara, John W., and Rowena S. Davis lived in the house with Corrine Hardin. John W. Davis was the manager of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company doing business at 312 West Maple [this location is in the historic district, but the address is no long in use]. On January 22, 1936, John died at the age of 80. He died of pneumonia. He was the son of Ethelbert and Mary D. Davis, and he was born on March 29, 1855. He never married. He had two sisters: Lydia D. Davis and Mollie Boone; and a brother, George W. Davis. In 1920, Otis J. Raymond lived in the house. On January 4, 1924, he died. He had been the president and managing director of the Independence Ice, Fuel, and Cold Storage Company. He was an organizer of the Home Deposit Trust Company. He married Geneva Hatten and they had one daughter, Bess Raymond. The Raymond family lived in the house until sometime after 1954.

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