Feature 282: 526 West Maple Avenue (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: Hutchison House.
Architectural Style: Bungalow.
Construction Date: ca. 1921.
Period 3 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Developing Political Skills and Associations, 1920-1933.
Tax Identification: 26-230-07-05.
Legal Description: Old Town Addition, part of lot 38.
Description: Contributing one- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; rectangular in shape; gable roof with shed roof dormers and decorative knee braces under eaves; roof clad with composition shingles; wide clapboard siding; three-over-one double-hung sash aluminum windows; shed roof porch, partially enclosed, supported by brick columns; concrete foundation with daylight basement. Level lot with lawn.
• Alterations: Clapboard siding was added; the porch was partially enclosed and clad with clapboard siding; an outside stairway to the second floor was added on the west side of the building.
• Contributing one-story wood-frame garage [Feature 283] probably dating from 1920s.
History/Significance: Elijah and Elizabeth Hutchison probably had this Bungalow style house built around 1921. Born in 1857, Elijah married Elizabeth Patterson in 1902. Elizabeth was a niece of the noted artist George Caleb Bingham. Elijah and Elizabeth parented three sons (John B., Hallack, and Gaither) and two daughters (Mrs. A.J. Stephen and Mrs. Arthur Palmer). Elijah worked as a coal dealer and was joined in the business by his son, John, under the name of E. Hutchison & Son. Elijah Hutchison served on the Independence City Council from 1910 to 1912. Elizabeth Hutchison died in 1923; Elijah died in 1937 at his home at 526 West Maple Avenue.