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908 West Waldo Avenue

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Resource 554 908 West Waldo Avenue (in 2011) Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Greene House. Architectural Style: Bungalow. Construction Date: ca. 1918. Period 2 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Establishing Community Roots, 1890-1919. Tax Identification: 26-310-19-07. Legal Description: College Lawn Addition, lot 9. Description: Contributing one- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; rectangular in shape; gabled roof with boxed cornice at bellcast gable ends, clad with composition shingles; stucco exterior; double-hung sash wood windows; porch across façade with gabled roof, supported by square brick columns, concrete foundation with daylight basement. Level lot with lawn. • A contributing wood-frame garage with gabled roof dates from the period of significance [Resource 555]. History/Significance: Constructed in the mid- to late-1910s, this house was occupied by missionaries with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for many years. From the early 1920s to the mid-1930s, Reverend Ulysses W. Greene, a traveling RLDS missionary, and his wife, Abby, resided there. Abbey Greene lived in the house alone in the late 1930s. Reverend Ernest Yewell Hunker, a missionary, and his wife, Nellie, lived at 908 West Waldo in the 1940s. Note: In 2011, the porch appeared to be supported by wood columns on brick piers. –JW

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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Code: HSTR

908 West Waldo Avenue, Independence, Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Jackson County, Missouri
Latitude: 38.9012985229492, Longitude: -94.5307006835938

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05/01/2011 | Dates are approximate. All photographs were taken during May 2011.

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