Jackson County Courthouse Addition – Independence MO

City:
Independence, MO

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1933

Designer:
George Fredrick Wallace

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The central part of the courthouse building dates to 1872. In 1933, the courthouse additions to the east and west of the original structure and extensive interior remodeling were completed in late 1933 as a PWA project. The additions were overseen by the presiding judge Harry S Truman, and the courthouse was subsequently known as “Truman’s Courthouse.” The present Jackson County Courthouse is a also New Deal project, and is in Kansas City, MO.

Source notes

Jackson County Historical Society

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on July 18, 2015.

Location Info


112 W Lexington
Independence, Missouri 64050
Jackson County

Coordinates: 39.092461, -94.416414

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