| 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. |
