| Work
Place |
Location |
Significance |
| Clinton's
Drugstore |
100
West Maple Avenue
Independence, MO |
Truman
worked here for a few months when he was about 14 years old. |
| Kansas
City Star Building |
11th
Street and Grand Avenue
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
worked in the mailroom wrapping newspapers for two weeks in August
1902. |
| National
Bank of Commerce |
Journal
Building
10th and Walnut Streets
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
worked here from April 24, 1903 to May 15, 1905. |
| Union
National Bank |
104
New York Life Building
9th Street and Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
left the National Bank of Commerce to work here from 1905 to 1906. |
| Truman
& Jacobson |
104
West 12th Street
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
and Eddie Jacobson opened their haberdashery on November 28, 1919.
The business failed in the economic downturn following World War I.
|
| Reserve
Officers Club |
110th
Engineers Armory
3620 Main Street
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
received a reserve officer commission in December 1920. In late 1921,
he and several others founded the Reserve Officers Club. |
| Rural
Jackson County Democratic Club |
211
West Lexington Street
Independence, MO |
During
the April 1922 meeting of the club, Mike Pendergast announced that
Harry Truman would be a candidate for eastern Jackson Couty judge
in the coming election. |
| Veterans
Memorial Hall |
123
Southeast 3rd Street
Lee's Summit, MO |
Truman
announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for judge of
eastern Jackson County and made his first political speech here on
March 7, 1922. |
| Jackson
County Courthouse |
Independence
Square
Independence, MO |
Truman
served as presiding judge from 1926 to 1934. During this time, he
divided his time between the two Jackson County courthouses, in Independence
and Kansas City. |
| Community
Savings and Loan |
204
North Liberty Street
Independence, MO |
In
the fall of 1925, Truman and two partners took over this bank. In
April 1926, Truman became president of the savings and loan. |
| Jackson
County Courthouse |
5th
and Oak Streets until 1934
415 East 12th Street thereafter
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
decided very quickly after he became county judge in 1923 that the
old Courthouse needed to be replaced. The new Courthouse was dedicated
in 1934. |
| Jackson
Democratic Club |
1908
Main Street
Kansas City, MO |
Tom
Pendergast's office was on the second floor of this very unpretentious
building. |
| 1827
Jackson County Log Courthouse |
107
West Kansas Street
Independence, MO |
Truman
held sessions of court here in 1932-33, while the Independence courthouse
was being enlarged and remodeled. |
| United
States Courthouse |
811
Grand Avenue, Room 649
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
had an office here during the time he was U.S. Senator and Vice President,
1939 to 1945. |
| Muehlebach
Hotel |
12th
Street and Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, MO |
The
Muehlebach's Presidential Suite on the eleventh floor served as Truman's
headquarters in Kansas City from 1944-1953. |
| Federal
Reserve Building |
925
Grand Avenue, Room 1107
Kansas City, MO |
Truman
had an office here from the time he left the presidency in 1953 until
the Truman Library was completed in 1957. |
| Harry
S. Truman Library |
500
West U.S. Highway 24
Independence, MO |
The
Truman Library was the center of Truman's public life from its dedication
July 6, 1957 until 1966, when ill health confined him largely to his
home. |
