Last updated: May 8, 2022
Place
Secret Service House
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
224 N Delaware St
Significance:
Secret Service command post from 1970-1982.
Designation:
The Harry S Truman Historic District National Historic Landmark
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
MANAGED BY:
Private
The Secret Service command post from 1970-1982. There was no secret service protection for former presidents when Harry Truman left office in 1953. The Trumans had 13 years where they could move freely and weren't under the watchful eye of the secret service. That all changed in 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and President Lyndon Baines Johnson enacted protections for former presidents. In 1966, the secret service returned to protect the Trumans. In 1970, the secret service rented out 224 N Delaware as the secret service command post until 1982.