2108
Park Avenue Home &
Benton
Boulevard Baptist Church
Truman
moved to 2108 Park Avenue with his parents when they left Independence in
1903. At about this same time, Truman joined the Benton Boulevard Baptist
Church (now the Macedonia Baptist Church), 25th Street and Benton Boulevard
(pictured), about ten blocks away from his home on Park Avenue. He must have
watched the new church building go up there in 1904, and he probably attended
services there. The home of Truman's piano teacher, Mrs. Grace White, was
nearby, at 2640 Brooklyn Avenue.
2108 Park Avenue, Benton Boulevard Baptist Church, and 2640 Brooklyn Avenue are located about 3 miles southwest of Kansas City.
