Feature 110: 701 North Delaware Street (in 2011)

Classification: Noncontributing.
Historic Name: Randall House.
Architectural Style: Bungalow (altered).
Construction Date: ca. 1920.
Period 6 of Harry S Truman's Life: The Period of Post-Significance, 1972-2011.
Tax Identification: 26-310-12-13.
Legal Description: McCauley Park Addition, block 3, lot 8.
Description: Noncontributing one- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling that has been extensively altered; rectangular in shape; gable roof with elongated bellcast curve over porch and gabled dormer, clad with composition shingles; brick exterior (first floor) and shingle siding (above first floor); recessed corner porch with square brick columns and solid brick baluster; concrete basement with daylight basement. Property is located on a corner lot (North Delaware and West College streets) with lawn and foundation shrubbery, sloping gently down in the rear.
• Alterations: Facade extensively altered, probably since 1970, by the enclosure of most of the porch to create a sunroom; gabled dormer on front may not be original; two-story gabled roof addition in rear.
History/Significance: The original owners/occupants of this house, probably built in the 1920s, are not known at present. Records indicate that George E. Randall, a contractor and brick mason, owned the house in 1932 and 1952. Mrs. Vera J. Randall owned the property in 1972, and Robert A. Thomas owned the house in 1980.