Feature 141: 400 West Farmer Street (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: Gabriel House.
Architectural Style: Bungalow.
Construction Date: ca. 1930.
Period 3 of Harry S Truman's Life: Developing Political Skills and Associations, 1920-1933.
Tax Identification: 26-220-16-03.
Legal Description: McCoy Homestead, block 16, lot 11.
Description: Contributing one- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; gabled roof with composition shingles; brick exterior on facade and weatherboard siding on other walls; six-over-one double-hung sash wood windows; gabled roof porch with square brick posts across part of this facade; concrete foundation. Slightly elevated corner lot with retaining wall along two sidewalks; lawn; shade trees in side yard.
• Alterations: Rear shed roof addition; porch probably altered on facade.
• Contributing gabled-roof, concrete-block garage with two bays, dating from the 1950s-1960s [Feature 142].
History/Significance: The original owners/occupants of this Bungalow style house at 400 West Farmer Street are not known with certainty. The house may have been built by, and for, the family of William S. Gabriel, who occupied the house in 1930.