Slawik's Guidebook to Independence, MO
Food Scene
Coffeeshop with a very warm atmosphere. It's a short but beautiful walk away from the Truman house.
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Main Street Coffee House
107 S Main StCoffeeshop with a very warm atmosphere. It's a short but beautiful walk away from the Truman house.
Ophelia's
201 N Main StQuaint upscale restaurant that also offers brunch on Sundays.
3 Trails Brewing
111 N Main StBeer, food, sports on TVs.
Rheinland
208 N Main StHearty traditional German food in a cozy setting.
El Pico Mexican Restaurant
106 W Maple AveMexican restaurant with cute atmosphere and happy-hour specials.
Ice cream and milk shake parlor in classic vintage Americana setting. Harry Truman worked here as a young man.
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Clinton's Soda Fountain
100 W Maple AveIce cream and milk shake parlor in classic vintage Americana setting. Harry Truman worked here as a young man.
Sightseeing
The historic Jackson County Courthouse is on the highest point in Independence and centering Independence Square, a storied business district with lots of shops, restaurants, movie theatre, and farmers market.
Jackson County Courthouse
308 W Kansas AveThe historic Jackson County Courthouse is on the highest point in Independence and centering Independence Square, a storied business district with lots of shops, restaurants, movie theatre, and farmers market.
Historic jail where Jesse James's brother Frank was jailed and treated like a celebrity until he was declared innocent at trial of all charges after twenty years as a bank robber. Another famous jailbird: William Quantrill.
1859 Jail & Marshal's Museum
217 N Main StHistoric jail where Jesse James's brother Frank was jailed and treated like a celebrity until he was declared innocent at trial of all charges after twenty years as a bank robber. Another famous jailbird: William Quantrill.
Harry Truman's home from 1919 until his death in 1972 directly across the street from us was built by his wife Bess's grandfather between 1867 and 1885. It's free to visit.
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Truman Home - Harry S Truman National Historic Site
223 N Delaware StHarry Truman's home from 1919 until his death in 1972 directly across the street from us was built by his wife Bess's grandfather between 1867 and 1885. It's free to visit.
First Baptist Church of Independence was first organized in the 1850s and met in people's homes until the first church was built at 500 W Truman in 1886. Our house was parsonage in the 1940s.
First Baptist Church
500 West Truman RoadFirst Baptist Church of Independence was first organized in the 1850s and met in people's homes until the first church was built at 500 W Truman in 1886. Our house was parsonage in the 1940s.
This museum stands on the Temple Lot, a property purchased by Joseph Smith in 1831 and declared the holy ground of the Mormon church. It has an exhibit showing life for the Mormon settlers in Independence of the 1830's.
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Independence Visitors' Center
937 W Walnut StThis museum stands on the Temple Lot, a property purchased by Joseph Smith in 1831 and declared the holy ground of the Mormon church. It has an exhibit showing life for the Mormon settlers in Independence of the 1830's.
Within walking distance of our house, this presidential library is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation as of beginning of 2020. It'll be even more amazing when it reopens, allowing you to experience the vision of the people's president.
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Harry S Truman Library and Museum
500 W US Hwy 24Within walking distance of our house, this presidential library is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation as of beginning of 2020. It'll be even more amazing when it reopens, allowing you to experience the vision of the people's president.
This 31-room mansion was built in 1881 and described by the Kansas City Times as "the most princely home and most comfortable home in the entire West." It may be the best example of a Second-Empire style mansion in the US. Museum with reasonable admission fee.
Vaile Mansion
1500 N Liberty StThis 31-room mansion was built in 1881 and described by the Kansas City Times as "the most princely home and most comfortable home in the entire West." It may be the best example of a Second-Empire style mansion in the US. Museum with reasonable admission fee.
Development of this property goes back to the 1820's, as it was located directly on the Santa Fe Trail. The artist George Caleb Bingham, famous for his print Order Number 11, was living at the estate during the civil war and had his studio in an older log structure. From 1879 to 1979 three generations of the Waggoner family, successful mill operators, called the estate their home and expanded it as their fortunes increased. Museum and event space.
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Bingham-Waggoner Estate
313 W Pacific AveDevelopment of this property goes back to the 1820's, as it was located directly on the Santa Fe Trail. The artist George Caleb Bingham, famous for his print Order Number 11, was living at the estate during the civil war and had his studio in an older log structure. From 1879 to 1979 three generations of the Waggoner family, successful mill operators, called the estate their home and expanded it as their fortunes increased. Museum and event space.
Jackson county's first courthouse from 1827 to 1830, when a more permanent brick structure was built on the Square. On the National Historic Register for its significance as a surviving example of government-building log construction.
Independence Log Cabin Courthouse
107 W Kansas AveJackson county's first courthouse from 1827 to 1830, when a more permanent brick structure was built on the Square. On the National Historic Register for its significance as a surviving example of government-building log construction.
Museum and interpretive center exploring the history of the American West with indoor and outdoor exhibits. Among them a likely antebellum log house originally standing just south of the Independence Square, and the Chicago Alton Depot, a two-story frame railroad station from 1879.
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National Frontier Trails Museum
416 W Pacific AveMuseum and interpretive center exploring the history of the American West with indoor and outdoor exhibits. Among them a likely antebellum log house originally standing just south of the Independence Square, and the Chicago Alton Depot, a two-story frame railroad station from 1879.