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A National Historic Landmark, the farmhouse at 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd. was built in 1894 by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother, and is the centerpiece of a 5.25 acres (2.12 ha) remnant of the family's former 600-acre (240 ha) farm. Truman worked the farm as a young man, from 1906 to 1917.
It includes the Truman Home at 219 North Delaware, Truman's home for much of his adult life and now a centerpiece of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, and the Truman Presidential Library. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. [2]
This did not happen, and Truman sold off most of the land for development in the 1950s. [3] A surviving 10-acre (4.0 ha) part of the Truman farm is now owned by the National Park Service, forming part of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. There is no visitor center on the site, but the grounds are open for self-guided tours and an ...
Missouri: Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. Learn about the nation's 33rd president by taking a ranger-led tour of the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. Admission is free but tickets ...
Harry Truman and Independence, Missouri: "This is Where I Belong", a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan "Life Portrait of Harry S. Truman", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, broadcast from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, October 18, 1999
President Harry Truman and Bess Truman moved back to their home in Independence, Missouri, when they left the White House. ... Eisenhower National Historic Site. Douglas Graham/Roll Call/Getty Images.
Harry S. Truman: Missouri: 12.59 acres (0.0509 km 2) Harry Truman served as the 33rd President of the United States, overseeing the end of World War II. Though born in nearby Lamar, Missouri, Truman lived in this house after marrying his wife Bess Truman in 1919 until his death in 1972. The house itself was built by Bess Truman's maternal ...
The Harry S Truman Building is the headquarters of the United States Department of State. ... The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...