Over a span of several years, they made changes to mold the old family home to complement their own particular tastes. The post-presidential period represents a time when the Trumans undertook their "modernization" or home improvement program. After leaving the presidency, the Truman's returned home to Independence. However, the Trumans did not actually own the home until after Bess's mother died in 1952. Bess's brothers, Frank and George, built small homes on the property.ĭuring Truman's presidency, the home served as the Truman's "Summer White House," and was often used by the family when away from Washington and on holidays. Bess's mother, Madge Gates Wallace, and her grandmother, Elizabeth Gates, lived with the couple. Harry Truman acquired a true extended family when he moved into the house. After the honeymoon, the Trumans returned to live in the family home. The wedding reception was held on the grounds of the home at 219 North Delaware Street. On June 28, 1919, Harry S Truman and Elizabeth (Bess) Virginia Wallace were wed. Following the death (suicide) of Bess's father in 1903, the family moved to Colorado for a year before returning to Independence, moving into the house at 219 N. The Wallaces moved two blocks from the Gates house at 608 N. It was here that the couple's first child, Elizabeth ('Bessie/Bess') Virginia Wallace, was born on February 13, 1885. The Wallaces lived two miles away from the Gates house at 117 W. Gate's oldest daughter, Margaret Elizabeth ('Madge') married David W.
The result was one of the most prestigious Victorian homes in Independence with 14 rooms and a little less than 8,800 square feet. Bess Truman's maternal grandfather, George Porterfield Gates, built the house in 1867, and added a grand addition to the two story house in 1885. was the home of Harry S Truman from the time of his marriage to Bess Wallace in 1919, until his death on December 26, 1972. The Wallace-Gates (later Truman) Home through the years.
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