- 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 SocietySite originally submitted by Charles Swaney on July 18, 2015.
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