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Harry
S Truman National Historic Site includes the Truman Home in Independence,
Missouri, and the Truman Farm Home in Grandview, Missouri. Both units
are within the Kansas City metropolitan area (population 1.5 million).
Truman Home:
Harry S Truman (1884-1972),
33rd President of the United States, lived here from 1919 until his death.
The white Victorian style house at 219 North Delaware Street was built
by the maternal grandfather of Bess Wallace Truman (1885-1982), and was
known as the "Summer White House" during the Truman administration
(1945-1953). The site also includes the two adjacent homes of Mrs. Truman's
brothers, and, across Delaware Street, the home of the President's favorite
aunt and cousins.
Truman Farm Home:
Built in 1894 by Harry
Truman's maternal grandmother, the Farm Home is the centerpiece of a 5.25
acre remnant of the family's former 600-acre farm. Mr. Truman worked the
farm as a young man, from 1906-1917. It was here, said his mother, that
Harry got his "common sense." Several outbuildings are also
on the site.
Operating Hours & Seasons
The Independence Visitor
Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Guided tours of the Truman Home are available each day during the summer.
No tours of the Truman Home are offered on Mondays between Labor Day and
Memorial Day.
The Truman Farm Home grounds are open every day for self-guided tours.
Tours of the farm house are available during the summer from May to August.
The park is closed
New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
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