Feature 343: 423 North Pleasant Street (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: Perry/Leas House.
Architectural Style: Queen Anne/Bungalow.
Construction Date: ca. 1910.
Period 2 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Establishing Community Roots, 1890-1919.
Tax Identification: 26-220-20-07.
Legal Description: Pleasant Place, lot 11.
Description: Contributing one-story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; cross-gabled roof with composition shingles; brick exterior with decorative wood shingles in gable ends; one-over-one double-hung sash wood windows; wrap-around porch across facade and north and south side elevations with square wood columns; brick foundation. The lot is elevated with lawn and concrete retaining wall along sidewalk; shade trees in rear yard.
• Property also includes a contributing wood-frame, gabled roof, shingle-sided garage [Feature 344].
History/Significance: In 1900, W.F. Perry, a minister, lived in the house and remained there until sometime before 1908, when Lou W. Burton, a painter, lived there briefly. By 1911, Ernest W. Leas, a carpenter, shared the house with William M. Leas, a foreman, and Rebecca Leas, the widow of Samuel R. Leas. Starting in 1920, the house had a series of occupants, including U.S. Bowers in 1920, Harold Irving in 1930, Maltby J. Cleveland in 1934 (identified as the owner), Mrs. Dixie Anderson in 1948 (identified as the owner), James L. Swofford in 1950 and 1952, and Frank Asbury in 1954. In 1940, the house stood vacant.