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Feature 435: 423 North Spring Street (in 2011)

Colonial Revival (altered) style house

Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Bowlin House. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival (altered). Construction Date: ca. 1905. Period 2 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Establishing Community Roots, 1890-1919. Tax Identification: 26-220-21-04. Legal Description: Independence Annex, block 21, lot 4. Description: Contributing two-story wood-frame dwelling; rectangular in shape; complex hipped and gabled roof with boxed eaves, clad with composition shingles; asbestos siding; one-over-one double-hung wood windows; porch across north facade with gabled roof supported by square posts on brick piers. Street-level lot with artificially raised small front yard lies behind brick retaining wall that extends along Spring Street. • Alterations: Several multiple additions were made to the east rear of structure, all prior to period of significance. History/Significance: James R. Bowlin and his wife, Julia A., lived in the house from sometime prior to 1911 until 1920. James was born in 1820, the son of George and Nancy (Kirby) Bowlin, who moved to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. James went with the Doniphan Expedition to Mexico in 1946; he also worked as a wagon master across the plains. James continued to farm after the Mexican War and married Julia A. Pinckard, daughter of Robert Pinckard, in 1871. They had two sons: Claude and James. Between 1920 and 1948, the house had several occupants, including Cecil R. Gold in 1920; Newton R. Brady in 1924; Theodore A. Stevenson, and Charles A. Tanner in 1930; James A. Flanagan in 1934; William A. Helm, Evelyn E. Casteel, and Edward Jones in 1940. By 1948, the house had been transformed into apartments. Note: The comment under “Alterations” is odd. It states that additions were made prior to the period of significance. The house, however, was not built until well into the period of significance. Perhaps the “Alterations” sentence, taken from the original 2011 nomination form, should read, “during” rather than “prior to” the period of significance.

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