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Feature 052: 315 North Delaware Street (in 2011)

Queen Anne style house

Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Wood/Proctor House. Architectural Style: Queen Anne. Construction Date: 1890s. Period 2 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Establishing Community Roots, 1890-1919. Tax Identification: 26-310-22-21. Legal Description: McCauley Addition, part of lots 2, and 3. Description: Contributing two- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; complex hip and gable roof with boxed cornice on gable end return, clad with composition shingles; asbestos siding; one-over-one double-hung sash windows; L-shaped wrap-around porch with round columns and wood balustrade; brick foundation with daylight basement. Level lot with lawn and shrubbery planted along foundation; some shade trees. • Alterations: Siding has been added; the balustrade altered; chimneys rebuilt; there is a large rectangular addition to the rear, which is not conspicuous from the public right-of-way. • Contributing one-story wood-frame, hipped roof garage in rear dating from 1910s [Feature 053]. History/Significance: Dr. N. Polk Wood and his family moved into this house in the late 1890s, after arriving in Independence from Blue Springs. Born in nearby Lee's Summit in 1857, Nimrod Polk Wood married Kate Frick in 1882 (who died in 1883), then married Fannie L. Jackson in 1887. The Woods parented two children: Noel Wood and Helen (Mrs. Forbis Eubank). Around the turn of the twentieth century, N. Polk Wood was reportedly the first physician in the area to own a car, and he promoted the use of cars through his membership in the Automobile Club. In 1908, Dr. Wood, driving his Pullman, escorted Missouri Governor Herbert S. Handley in a parade of cars during the Independence Fair. The Woods became active members of the Independence community. Dr. Wood spoke briefly at the dedication of the Independence Sanitarium in 1909 and the cornerstone laying ceremonies of the new Independence City Hall in 1910. Fannie Wood was a member of the Independence chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Nimrod Polk Wood died in 1925; Fannie died in 1946. In the 1940s and 1950s, Reverend Lawrence M. Procter owned and occupied the Wood House.

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