Feature 252: 214-216 West Maple Avenue (in 2011)

Classification: Noncontributing.
Historic Name: None found.
Architectural Style: Commercial.
Construction Date: ca. 1972.
Period 6 of Harry S Truman's Life: The Period of Post-Significance, 1972-2011.
Tax Identification: 26-230-04-05.
Legal Description: Old Town, lot 20.
Description: Noncontributing one-story masonry commercial building; rectangular in shape; flat roof; large plate glass display windows with synthetic material above (on facade); bubble awning. Located in mid-block about one block west of Courthouse Square; buildings adjoin along the east and west walls; a sidewalk extends along the facade.
• Alterations: The storefront has been substantially altered.
History/Significance: The property was first occupied by the Diessel Jewelry Store. In 1932, the space at 214 West Maple Avenue housed an A and P Tea Company grocery store. Smith's Quality Bakery operated here in 1962, but the space was vacant in 1972. The Independence Herald Office was located here in 1980. The space at 216 West Maple was occupied by the Childers-Greim Drug Store in 1932 and the Graham Gift Shop in 1952.