Designed for Harvey M. Vaile, operator of Star Mail routes, by Asa Cross of Kansas City, this Second Empire style house was described in 1881 as “one of the most costly and beautiful residences” in the country.
Located at 1500 North Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri and added to the National Register of Historic Places (#69000108) on October 1, 1969.
Bryant House Dr. John S., Jr. and Harriet Smart Bryant
The home of Dr. and Mrs. Bryant was built ca. 1867, and expanded to its present Queen Anne-Eastlake design by ca. 1890. Dr. Bryant was a prominent physician and successful businessman. Harriet Smart was the daughter of Judge Thomas A. Smart, a pioneer merchant and landowner, Missouri legislator and county judge. The Bryant House was listed on the National Register in 1992.
The Misses Mollie and Josie Hughes hired the architectural firm of Gibbs and Parker, Kansas City, Mo., to design this ornate Queen Anne style residence. Erected in 1887, it was one of a group of mansions on Main Street owned by the Bryant-Hughes families.
The congregation dates from 1826. The church neither divided nor closed in the Civil War. Designed in 1888 by Nier, Hogg and Byram of Kansas City, Mo. Harry S. Truman first met Bess Wallace here in Sunday School in 1892.
514 West Lexington Avenue in Independence, Missouri
Historic St. Mary’s church was begun in 1860 and completed during the Civil War. It was dedicated in 1864. This area was established as a French and Indian mission in 1823 and a parish in 1845 by Father Bernard Donnelly.
611 North Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri
Built in 1919, this home is an excellent example of a Prairie style bungalow. The home was built for Nellie Bailey, who had lived with her family for many years in the large Victorian home to the North. Like many of her time, she wanted a home with modern amenities, and had one built on her own property. The house has many elements common to the Arts & Crafts and Prairie style.
The home has horizontal bands of brick and stucco surrounding the home, with casement windows set within those bands. The hip roof features large overhanging eaves and a low-angled pitch. Like many bungalows, it features a large front porch which covers the entire front of the home.
Inside, the home is a collection of beautiful woodwork. Gumwood trim, in horizontal bands, was used in the living room and dining room. Quarter-Sawn Oak, Maple, and Vertical-Grain Douglas Fir, are used in other parts of the home. The home has been owned by three families since Nellie Bailey.
The James and Manomas Andrus House Built around 1886
Known as “The cattle baron of So. Utah.” He was a pioneer, Indian fighter, Bishop, businessman, statesman, and accomplished equestrian.
Manomas Lavinia Gibson Andrus: 1842-1940 At the time of her death she was the oldest living original 1847 Utah Pioneer. She arrived in Salt Lake Valley on 7/29/47, one week after the Brigham Young party.
Jesse W. Crosby Sr. obtained this land in 1875. With his wife Hanna, he built this home which remained in the Crosby family until 1957 when Andrew and Verda Pace purchased it. In 1966 the Steven Lorenzo and Ilene H. Hafen obtained this home. The locust trees west of this home are over a century old and were brought here as seedlings on wagons from California.