Stories by author "University of Central Missouri History Program Dr. Jon Taylor ": 4
Stories
Warrensburg, Missouri
Martin Warren, who was originally from Kentucky, established a blacksmith business at the northeast corner of present day College Avenue and East Gay Street sometime in 1833. He also established his residence there and it soon came to be known as…
Howard School (no longer extant)
Shortly after the end of the Civil War, the American Missionary Association came to Missouri to establish Freedmen's schools for African American school children. Reverend George Candee identified Warrensburg as a potential site and in January…
Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church
The Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church played an important role in the life of Warrensburg and specifically in the lives of its African American congregants who attended services there. The first congregation was formed right after the…
Masonic Temple Warrensburg Missouri
The construction of the Masonic Temple on Holden Street in 1894, just a couple of years before the construction of the 1898 courthouse, marked the permanent transition of the heart of the community from Old Town centered on Main Street to New Town…