Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum /

The Harry S Truman Library and Museum is dedicated to preserving papers, books, and other historical materials relating to the 33rd President of the United States Harry S Truman. It is located on a small hill facing U.S. Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri, Truman's hometown. It was the first presidential library to be created under the provisions of the 1955 Presidential Libraries Act, and is one of twelve presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The lead architect of the project was Edward F. Neild. Truman had picked Neild in the 1930s to design the renovation of the Independence and construction of the Kansas City Jackson County Courthouses after Truman was impressed with Neild's work on the Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Courthouse in Shreveport, Louisiana. Neild was among the architects of the Truman White House reconstruction. Neild died on July 6, 1955, at the Kansas City Club while working on the design. Truman had initially wanted the building to resemble his grandfather Solomon Young's house in Grandview, Missouri. In response to a New York Times review that recalled Frank Lloyd Wright influences in the library's horizontal