Feature 361: 518 North Pleasant Street (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: Schulenbert House.
Architectural Style: Bungalow.
Construction Date: ca. 1922.
Period 3 of Harry S Truman’s Life: Developing Political Skills and Associations, 1920-1933.
Tax Identification: 26-220-18-08.
Legal Description: McCoy Place, lot 21.
Description: Contributing one- and one-half story wood-frame dwelling; rectangular in shape; jerkinhead roof with hipped dormer on side, clad with composition shingles; narrow wood clapboard siding; double-hung sash wood windows; porch across facade with square wood columns under projecting jerkinhead roof; concrete foundation with daylight basement. Lot is level at street, but slopes gently to the rear; shrubs along foundation; lawn.
• Alterations: Has a newer porch balustrade; rear alterations, including hipped dormer addition.
• Noncontributing one-story wood-frame double-car garage with medium-pitched gabled roof in the rear [Feature 362].
History/Significance: Edward J. Schulenbert was living in the house by 1930. Edward and his brother, Walter Schulenberg [Schulenbert?], owned the Schlenberg [Schulenbert?] Tire Shop. The brothers were sons of Fred and Catherine Albright Schulenber [Schulenbert?], both of whom were born in Germany. Edward Schulenberg [Schulenbert?] married Margaret Barlow on December 23, 1912, who died on December 12, 1918. Following Margaret's death, Edward married Grace Griffin, a teacher at Bryant School. Edward was active as a scoutmaster with Boy Scout Troop 232, and he was Worshipful Master of the Independence Masonic Lodge. Edward died on April 10, 1053. By 1948, Lewis E. Lundgren had purchased and moved into the house and he was still in residence in 1954.
Note: The original 2011 nomination form uses such a variety of spellings of the family name (Schulenbert, Schulenberg, Schlenberg, and Schulenber) that it is difficult to know which is correct.