Harry S Truman National Historic Site

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.