Feature 227: 107 South Main Street (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: None found.
Architectural Style: Italianate.
Construction Date: 1885.
Period 1 of Harry S Truman's Life: The Period of Pre-Significance, before 1890.
Tax Identification: 26-230-15-03.
Legal Description: Old Town, part of lot 61.
Description: Contributing two-story masonry commercial building; rectangular in shape; flat roof; brick exterior; large plate glass display windows (ground floor); second-floor windows covered; recessed entrance. Located mid-block about one-half block from Courthouse; two-story brick commercial buildings adjoin on its north and south walls; a sidewalk runs along the front facade.
• Alterations: Decorative cornice and moldings above second-floor windows have been removed; second-floor facade, including windows, covered; ground-floor facade has been altered.
History/Significance: The original owners/occupants are not known at present. The 1885 Sanborn Company map of Independence indicates that this two-story building, with stairs ascending to the second floor along the interior north wall, was new in 1885. A grocery store occupied the ground-floor shop space in the early 1890s, and a variety store in the late 1890s. In the early 1900s, a saloon moved into this space, Wyatt and Butner Saloon (around 1910-1911), followed by Butner and Mann Saloon (operated by Lacy M. Butner and George Mann), until the mid-1910s when a restaurant moved into this space. In the early 1930s, the Chicago Bargain House General Merchandise Store occupied this space, with offices located above. In 1952, Davidow's Ready-to-Wear was located in the building. Records indicated that La Verne's Beauty Shop operated here in 1972 and 1980.