Truman House

Built about 1867 by George Porterfield Gates, a mill owner. President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess Wallace Truman, granddaughter of Hates, made this their home from the time of their marriage in 1919. The “Summer White House” from 1945 to 1953.

Located on the Harry S Truman National Historic Site at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri