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300 North Spring Street

Image of an unnamed Queen Anne-style house.

Resource 415 300 North Spring Street (in 2011) Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: None found. Architectural Style: Queen Anne. Construction Date: ca. 1895. Period 2 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Establishing Community Roots, 1890-1919. Tax Identification: 26-220-20-18. Legal Description: Independence Annex, block 20, lots 18 and 19. Description: Contributing two-story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; complex hipped and gabled roof with composition shingles; synthetic siding; one-over-one double-hung sash synthetic windows framed by shutters; a wrap-around porch extends across façade and side wall; hip roof supported by brick posts on square brick piers separated by balustrade; uncoursed cut stone foundation with daylight basement. This property is located at the northwest corner of North Spring Street and West Truman Road. Large corner level lot with lawn; shade trees stand in the front and side yards; large shrubs planted along the foundation. • Alterations: There is a one-story addition on south side; one-story rear (west) addition; siding and windows altered; shutters added. • Property also includes a contributing small wood-frame garage with gabled roof dating from the 1920s [Resource 416] and a noncontributing rectangular two-car garage with gabled roof, probably post-dating the period of significance [Resource 417]. History/Significance: The original owners/occupants of this large Queen Anne style house are not known at present. As early as the turn of the twentieth century, rooms in the house were probably rented to several single individuals. In 1899-1900, a salesman, J.S. McCurdy, lived in this probable boarding house. Similar large houses immediately to the north on North Spring Street appear to have also had multiple occupants. By 1911, the apparent boarding house at 300 North Spring Street was occupied by at least three people: Hugh Bowling (a barber), John Hammontree (a driver), and Delbert B. Womacks (a deputy). The following year, all three had left 300 North Spring Street, suggesting that the house probably boarded single individuals in need of temporary residence. This house probably continued as a boarding house for several decades.

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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Code: HSTR

300 North Spring Street, 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 in May 2011.

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