Harry S. Truman Farm Home

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Solomon Young Farm--Harry S. Truman Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District

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Location	Grandview, Missouri
Coordinates	38°54′8″N 94°31′51″W / 38.90222°N 94.53083°W / 38.90222; -94.53083Coordinates: 38°54′8″N 94°31′51″W / 38.90222°N 94.53083°W / 38.90222; -94.53083
Built	1867
Architect	Solomon Young, Louisa G. Harriett
NRHP Reference #	78001650
Added to NRHP	May 5, 1978^[1]
Designated NHLD	February 4, 1985^[2]

The Harry S. Truman Farm Home, also known as the Solomon Young Farm was the residence of future U.S. president Harry S. Truman from 1906 to 1917. The house is part of Harry S. Truman National Historic Site.

The Truman Farm Home is located 15 miles (24 km) away from Independence in Grandview, Missouri. The farmhouse at 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd was built in 1894 by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother, Harriet Louisa Gregg, and is the centerpiece of a 5.25 acres (2.12 ha) remnant of the family's former 600 acres (240 ha) farm. Truman worked the farm from 1906-1917, when he was 22 years old until he was 33. It was here, said his mother, that Harry got his "common sense". There is no visitor center on the site, but the grounds are open for self-guided tours and an audio tour is available. Guided tours were formerly conducted during the summer, but were cancelled in 2013 due to sequestration-related budget cuts.^[3]

The site consists of a farm house (the original burned to the ground in 1893); a reconstructed smokehouse; the Grandview post office-turned-garage (Truman moved it to the farm to store his 1911 Stafford automobile); a restored box wagon once used on the farm; and several stone fence posts marking the original boundaries of the farm, plus other original and reconstructed buildings.

After Truman returned to private life he sold portions of the farm for the Truman Corners Shopping Center as well as other Kansas City suburban development.

References

↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Truman, Harry S, Farm Home". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
↑ Sequestration Cuts at Park, National Park Service

External links

Media related to Harry S Truman Farm Home at Wikimedia Commons
Harry S. Truman NHS Farm Home Photo Tour
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MO-1937, "Harry S. Truman Farm Home, 12302 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Grandview, Jackson County, MO", 12 measured drawings

Harry S. Truman

33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) 34th Vice President of the United States (1945) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935–1945)

Presidency	1945 inauguration 1949 inauguration Potsdam Conference Agreement on Europe Declaration to Japan Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fair Deal Mental Health Act National Institute of Mental Health National School Lunch Act Employment Act of 1946 Council of Economic Advisers Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Loyalty Order National Security Act of 1947 Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council Department of the Air Force Central Intelligence Agency Key West Agreement Joint Long Range Proving Grounds Revolt of the Admirals Committee on Civil Rights Integration of the Armed Forces Housing Act of 1949 North Atlantic Treaty NATO Assassination attempt Korean War U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82, 83 Relief of General MacArthur Office of Defense Mobilization Science Advisory Committee 1952 steel strike Puerto Rican constitutional referendum, 1952 National Security Agency State of the Union Address (1946 1950 1952) Judicial appointments Supreme Court Cabinet Truman Balcony "The buck stops here"

Life	Early life and career Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite Missouri Office and Courtroom Truman Committee Democratic vice presidential nomination of 1944

Books	Bibliography Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial and Hope

Homes	Birthplace Harry S. Truman Farm Home Harry S. Truman home and National Historic Site Historic District Blair House Truman Little White House

Elections	United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934 1940 Democratic National Convention 1944 1948 United States presidential election, 1944 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" campaign song Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1952

Legacy	Truman Day Harry S Truman Building Truman Dam and Reservoir Harry S. Truman Scholarship Truman Sports Complex U.S. Postage stamps

Related	Give 'em Hell, Harry (1975 play and film) Truman (1995 film)

Family	Bess Wallace Truman (wife) Margaret Truman (daughter) John Anderson Truman (father) Martha Ellen Young Truman (mother) Clifton Daniel (son-in-law) Clifton Truman Daniel (grandson)

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