Historic house in Lamar, Missouri
The
Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site
is a state-owned property in
Lamar
,
Barton County, Missouri
, maintained by the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
, preserving the
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⁄
2
-story childhood home of
Harry S. Truman
, the 33rd
President of the United States
. The future president was born here on May 8, 1884, in the downstairs southwest bedroom. The home was purchased by the state in 1957 and dedicated as a
historic site
in 1959 at a ceremony attended by Truman himself.
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The site was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
in 1969.
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