Independence in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
The Minor House
(built ca. 1885)
Photographed by Michael E Sanchez, Jr., September 12, 2019
1. The Minor House Marker
Inscription.
The Minor House. (built ca. 1885). Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindsay Minor acquired this home ca. 1900. Mrs. Minor was the former Nancy M. McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, an early Independence business man and the first Mayor at the time of the citys incorporation in 1849. Their daughters, Eleanor and Grace, made their home at this address for eighty years. Both ladies were members of Mrs. Bess Wallace Trumans Tuesday Bridge Club. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truman in Washington during his presidential administration. The home was built on a site originally owned by Samuel Weston, pioneer blacksmith. The structure was restored in 1982-83 by Dorothy Ruff De Tray, great-great granddaughter of Samuel Weston. Robert Weston, his son, was the 18th Mayor of Independence. The home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1984.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindsay Minor acquired this home ca. 1900. Mrs. Minor was the former Nancy M. McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, an early Independence business man and the first Mayor at the time of the citys incorporation in 1849. Their daughters, Eleanor and Grace, made their home at this address for eighty years. Both ladies were members of Mrs. Bess Wallace Trumans Tuesday Bridge Club. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truman in Washington during his presidential administration. The home was built on a site originally owned by Samuel Weston, pioneer blacksmith. The structure was restored in 1982-83 by Dorothy Ruff De Tray, great-great granddaughter of Samuel Weston. Robert Weston, his son, was the 18th Mayor of Independence. The home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1984.
94° 25.197′ W. Marker is in Independence, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is on North Spring Street 0 miles south of West White Oak Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 314 North Spring Street, Independence MO 64050, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Michael E Sanchez, Jr., September 12, 2019
3. The Minor House Address
Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2020, by Michael E Sanchez, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri. This page has been viewed 1,063 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on January 17, 2020, by Michael E Sanchez, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
