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The Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site is a state-owned property located at 3616 Belleview, Kansas City, Missouri, that preserves the house and studio of Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton. The historic site was established in 1977 and is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
The Seth E. Ward Homestead, also known as Ward House or Frederick B. Campbell Residence is a historic home located in the Country Club District, Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by Asa Beebe Cross and built in 1871. It is a two-story, "T"-plan, vernacular Greek Revival style brick dwelling.
On October 24, 1999, Iroquois chieftain Jake Swamp oversaw a ceremonial planting of an Iroquois "Tree of Peace" alongside the route of the Great Osage Trail, a few yards south of Lexington Street in Independence, Missouri, on the property of the Community of Christ's Independence Temple and on the site of the Latter-day Saint "Temple Site ...
Westport is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri.. In the early 1800s, West Port was settled by a group led by American pioneer and tribal missionary Reverend Isaac McCoy, who brought his son John Calvin McCoy as surveyor, and his son-in-law Reverend Johnston Lykins who bought the land.
"Weaving is the one thing, other than sitting down and meditating, that turns my thoughts off," said the 28-year-old fiber artist, who was awakened at 4 a.m. on Jan. 10 by a false evacuation ...
The Harry S. Truman Farm Home is located 15 miles (24 km) away from Independence in Grandview, Missouri. A National Historic Landmark , the farmhouse at 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd. was built in 1894 by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother, and is the centerpiece of a 5.25 acres (2.12 ha) remnant of the family's former 600-acre (240 ha) farm.
Vaile was a prominent figure in Independence business and social circles, and "desired a magnificent residence as an outward expression of his wealth." [ 3 ] Construction began around 1871, and the mansion was completed in 1881, at a cost of $150,000 (the equivalent of about $3–4 million in 2020, when adjusted for inflation). [ 1 ]
Wallace House (also called the Truman Home), 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri, would be the home of Harry S. Truman, on-and-off, after his marriage to Bess Wallace, on June 28, 1919, until his death on December 26, 1972. Bess Truman's maternal grandfather, George Porterfield Gates, built the house over a period of years from ...