A place where we have gathered, governed and celebrated.

 

And it can be that way again.

 

A community effort is underway to continue the restoration and rehabilitation of the historic 1933 courthouse - constructed by then county politician Harry Truman who later governed our country.
 

Join the Friends of the Truman Courthouse.

 

Get updates on renovation plans, get invitations to special educational programs and help save this historic structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

We are working to get the courthouse ready for the 75th celebration of the 1933 dedication.

 

Next spring, plans are to remove the 1960s urban renewal retaining wall, return to the 1933 courthouse boundaries, create additional parking on the square and set the stage for future restoration and reuse of the interior.

Read more about the project plans.

 

This is our heritage, but it belongs not only to us but a nation.

 

Read what David McCullough, one of our preeminent historians, said about the Independence courthouse square.

 

Historic photographs from Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society Archives