Courthouses

First Jackson County Courthouse, Independence, Missouri, erected in 1827.

Present Jackson County Courthouse, Independence, Missouri, looking northeast.

Present Jackson County Courthouse, Independence, Missouri, looking northwest.

Present Jackson County Courthouse, Independence, Missouri, looking northwest.

Jackson County Courthouse, located in Independence, Missouri. This photograph is taken from the south, showing the front portal.

Present Jackson County Courthouse, in Independence, Missouri, showing the front portals on the south.

Independence County Courthouse, dated prior to 1900. From: Mrs. E.A. Wilcox.

Jackson County Courthouse, Independence, Missouri. Reprint from Modern Woodmen, June 1945. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri.

Gilbert Franklin (left), sculptor, and Dr. Harry Jonas of the Truman Statue Committee at the Jackson County courthouse in Independence to view the site of the statue. from: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Judge Harry S. Truman is seen speaking to the assembled crowd at the dedication of the remodeled Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, Missouri.