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702 North Delaware Street

Image of the Queen Anne-style Bullene/Choplin House.

Resource 111 702 North Delaware Street (in 2011) Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Bullene / Choplin House. Architectural Style: Queen Anne. Construction Date: ca. 1887. Period 1 of Harry S Truman's Life: The Period of Pre-Significance, before 1890. Tax Identification: 26-310-11-13. Legal Description: McCauley Park Addition, block 4, lot 6 and 7. Description: Contributing two- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; complex hip and gabled roof with decorative dentils on boxed cornice under the eaves and boxed bellcast gable ends, clad with composition shingles; wood clapboard siding with fish-scale and diamond shingles in gable ends; oriel tower with conical roof on second story of southeast corner of house; one-over-one double-hung sash windows along with some stained and leaded glass windows; wrap-around porch across façade and south side with shed roof supported by Doric columns with wood balustrade; rubble stone foundation. Large corner slightly elevated lot with lawn sloping gently to the east; shade trees and hedges near and along property lines. • Alterations: The porch columns and windows were probably replaced in the early 1900s. History/Significance: This imposing two- and one-half story Queen Anne residence was built on a double corner lot for Thomas C. and Anna Bullene in 1887. In 1884, Thomas Bullene, son of a Kansas City dry goods merchant, had established his own dry goods business, "T.C. Bullene and Company," on the south side of the Courthouse Square (3 East Lexington Street [address no longer exists]) in Independence. Thomas and Anna had two children. In 1889, Thomas Bullene died in his new home at the age of thirty-four. His widow later remarried, and sold the house in 1898 to Lewis F. McCoy, son of Alexander McCoy and nephew of William McCoy, first mayor of Independence. The Robert R. Choplin family purchased the house in 1919. Robert Choplin was a prominent Independence real estate agent. The Choplins raised five children. The house devolved to Josephine Choplin, who renovated the house in 1973.

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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Code: HSTR

702 North Delaware Street, Independence, Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Jackson County, Missouri
Latitude: 38.9012985229492, Longitude: -94.5307006835938

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05/01/2011 | Date is approximate. All photographs were taken during May 2011.

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