Feature 121: 717 North Delaware Street (in 2011)
Summary
Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: Weddle House.
Architectural Style: Modern (Ranch).
Construction Date: ca. 1969.
Period 5 of Harry S Truman's Life: Serving as Elder Statesman, 1953-1971.
Tax Identification: 26-310-12-08.
Legal Description: McCauley Park Addition, block 3, lot 13, and part of lot 14.
Description: Contributing one-story wood-frame dwelling built during the period of significance; L-shape plan with two-car garage projecting from facade toward street; shallow pitched gabled roof clad with wood shingles; clapboard vinyl siding; large brick wall chimney on facade; double-hung sash windows; concrete foundation. The lot is level, with lawn and foundation shrubbery.
History/Significance: Franklin and Doris Weddle were probably the first occupants of this house, constructed around 1969. Franklin Weddle worked as an assistant to the first presidency of the Reformed Latter Day Saints Church in Independence in the 1970s.
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