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Feature 301: 700 West Maple Avenue (in 2011)

Commercial style building

Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Zion Headquarters (now [i.e., 2011] Higher Ground) Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (also known as the Community of Christ). Architectural Style: Commercial. Construction Date: ca. 1967. Period 5 of Harry S Truman's Life: Serving as Elder Statesman, 1953-1971. Tax Identification: 26-340-02-07. Legal Description: Moore's Addition, all of lot 9 and part of lot 8. Description: Contributing two-story brick building; L-shape; flat roof; buff brick and limestone exterior; aluminum window frames; concrete foundation with daylight basement. This corner lot contains minimal lawn and landscaping along sidewalks. History/Significance: Around 1967, the Zion Headquarters of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) building expanded and remodeled the education building of the Watson Memorial Episcopal Church, which was constructed at the northwest corner of West Maple Avenue and North Delaware Street around 1907. At least two generations of buildings have occupied this site since the 1860s. The building now functions as a small hotel. It operated as the Olive Branch Inn in the late twentieth century, managed by the RLDS/Community of Christ. In 2009, the facility became known as the Higher Ground Hotel, operated by new owners Kay and Moreta Hartman. The Hartmans advertise their hotel, still located at its original site on the corner of West Maple and North Delaware, as having the street address of 200 North Delaware Street. Note: The fenced garden area on the south side of the building was created after the original 2011 nomination form was written.

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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Code: HSTR

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