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404 North Spring Street

Image of the Queen Anne-style Owens House.

Resource 423 404 North Spring Street (in 2011) Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Owens House. Architectural Style: Queen Anne. Construction Date: ca. 1885. Period 1 of Harry S Truman’s Life: The Period of Pre-Significance, before 1890. Tax Identification: 26-220-220-23. Legal Description: Independence Annex, block 20, lot 23. Description: Contributing two- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; complex hipped and gabled roof with decorative brackets under eaves, clad with composition shingles; stickwork in façade gabled end; clapboard exterior; one-over-one double-hung sash wood windows; porch with mansard roof and second-floor balcony on façade, supported by round tapered columns; cut-stone foundation with daylight basement. Slightly elevated lot with lawn; shrubbery planted along the foundation; large shade trees stand in the side and rear yards. • Alterations: The front porch roof was changed from gable to mansard; the south side porch was removed; the balustrade on the roof was removed; shutters were removed. History/Significance: The family of Joseph J. and Mary Landis Owens owned and occupied this house for several decades after its construction around 1885. Mary Owens was the daughter of John Landis, a pioneer Independence saddle maker, who apparently lived with the Owens family at 404 North Spring in the 1890s. Joseph J. Owens worked in real estate for many years in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Owens couple raised four children; Landis J. (a physician), Robert, Agnes (later Adams), and Emma. A small one-story building behind the large Owens home provided quarters for household servants. The Owens Building [Resource 202] at the northwest corner of West Lexington and North Liberty on the Courthouse Square was presumably built by the Owens family. Mary Owens continued to reside at 404 North Spring Street into the 1930s. Note: The house was under restoration in 2011. –JW

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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Code: HSTR

404 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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