Social Place | Location | Significance |
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822 Club | 8th Floor, Kansas City Building 13th Street and Baltimore Avenue Kansas City, MO |
Beginning in the 1930s club members frequently invited Truman to play poker with them. |
Belton Masonic Lodge 450 | Ella and Main Streets Belton, MO |
Truman petitioned for membership in the Belton Masonic Lodge in December 1908. |
Convention Hall | 13th Street and Central Avenue Kansas City, MO |
Truman was a page here at the 1900 Democratic National Convention, and later attended piano recitals and operas here. |
Crown/George Miller Barbershop | 417 West Maple Avenue Independence, MO |
Truman often had his hair cut at the George Miller Barbershop probably beginning in the 1950s. |
Dixon's Chili Parlor | 1504 Olive Street Kansas City, MO |
Truman probably began going to this chili parlor not too long after it opened in 1919. |
George W. Settle Barbershop | 110 East 10th Street Kansas City, MO |
The barber for Truman's World War I unit cut Truman's hair here for many years. |
Grandview Masonic Lodge 618 | Grandview, MO | In 1911, Truman lead the effort to organize Masonic Lodge 618 in Grandview. He was elected its first master. |
The Harpie Club | 101 North Main Street Independence, MO |
This club was formed by Truman's friends in 1924 for the purpose of playing poker. |
Hotel Baltimore | 11th Street and Baltimore Avenue Kansas City, MO |
This was probably Kansas City's finest hotel during the time Truman was a young and middle aged man. |
Memorial Building | 416 West Maple Independence, MO |
This was Harry and Bess Truman's regular voting place. |
Oakwood Country Club | 9800 Grandview Road Kansas City, MO |
After leaving the presidency, Truman sometimes came here for dinner and a card game. |
Savoy Grill | 9th Street and Central Avenue Kansas City, MO |
Truman ate here many times in his later years. |
Streets of Independence | The routes of Truman's walks Independence, MO |
Truman began taking walks when he became a Senator in 1935. They usually began at 7 a.m. |
Theaters of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | Truman loved Kansas City's theaters, including the Orpheum, Grand Opera House, Convention Hall, Shubert, Willis Wood, Talbot's Hippodrome, and the five-cent show. |