Image of the East section of an unnamed Commercial-style building.
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112-118 West Maple Avenue – Building #1 (in 2011)
Classification: Noncontributing.
Historic Name: None found – Building #1.
Architectural Style: Commercial.
Construction Date: Prior to 1932.
Period 6 of Harry S Truman's Life: The Period of Post-Significance, 1972-2011.
Tax Identification: 26-230-03-11.
Legal Description: Old Town, lots 11 and 12.
Description: Two noncontributing two-story masonry buildings; rectangular in shape; both with flat roofs hidden by stepped parapet on the south-facing façade; vertical board-and-batten wood exterior sheathing.
• Alterations: The main façades of both buildings have received a new design, exterior siding, and windows since the period of significance.
History/Significance: The storefront at 112 West Maple housed Lolla's Brothers, a shoe repair shop, in 1932 and 1952. Twenty years later, the Senior Citizens Outlet operated from this space. The commercial space at 114-116 West Maple Avenue featured a F.W. Woolworth and Company dry goods store from ca. 1932 to 1972. A cinema operated in this space in 1980. The storefront at 118 West Maple Avenue housed a Kroger Grocery and Baking Company in 1932. The adjacent Woolworth's store expanded into this space in 1972.
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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Code: HSTR
112-118 West Maple Avenue, Independence, Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Jackson County, Missouri Latitude: 38.9012985229492, Longitude: -94.5307006835938