Feature 382: 410 North River Boulevard (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: Stronger House.
Architectural Style: Prairie School.
Construction Date: ca. 1920.
Period 3 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Developing Political Skills and Associations, 1920-1933.
Tax Identification: 26-310-25-87.
Legal Description: Forbis Park, lot 24.
Description: Contributing two- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; rectangular in shape; hipped roof with broad overhanging eaves, clad with composition shingles; uncoursed cut stone exterior (first floor) and synthetic siding (second floor); one-over-one double-hung sash synthetic windows; stone-faced concrete foundation with daylight basement. Slightly elevated lot with lawn; small shrubbery along foundation wall.
• Alterations: Exterior siding added on second floor; windows were replaced with a synthetic material.
• Noncontributing two-car garage with carport on north wall [Feature 383].
History/Significance: In 1920, Philip A. Stronger lived in this house; by 1924, Paul M. Hanson was in residence. Roy A. Thomas had purchased and occupied the home by 1934; David B. Flinn also lived there in 1934. Russell W. Gabriel had purchased and was living in the home by 1948. Russell Gabriel was the assistant prosecutor for Jackson County. He was the son of William S. and Nellie C. Gabriel. He was born in Kansas City on July 2, 1903, attended Independence public schools and graduated from the Kansas City School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1926. In February of 1926, he married Miss Mercedes Isham. They had one child, Patty Lou. The Gabriel family remained in the home until sometime between 1952 and 1954, when they sold the house to D.D. Cox.