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217 West Maple Avenue and the old church building stands
in the rear of that number on Maple Avenue, now used as an
automobile repair shop. Later the congregation built on the
present site at Pleasant street and Van Horn road.
Prior to 1845 the Catholics in Independence and vicinity
were ministered to by the French and Spanish missionaries
who went about among the Indians. In the spring of 1848
Father Donnelly came to Independence and purchased a
frame building, 24x36 feet, which was originally intended
to serve as a forge, and dedicated it to the worship of God
under the title of The Holy Cross. The church was incor-
porated in 1847. This is now St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Trinity Episcopal Church, one of the oldest parishes in
Missouri and perhaps the very oldest in this part of Western
Missouri, was established some time in the 1850's. The pres-
ent church structure at 407 North Liberty street was built
in 1881 and 1882.
The organization of which the Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a descendant has had an
organization in Independence since 1831. The work of re-
organizing a number of the churches that had been estab-
lished during the lifetime of Joseph Smith on the basis of the
doctrine and practice of the early church began as early as
1852, but it was not until May 25, 1873, that a congregation
was formed. Meetings were held in the court house, in halls
and in private homes until the summer of 1881 when the brick
church on East Lexington street was completed. The gen-
eral conference of this church met in this building in 1882.
The Stone Church on West Lexington at Bowen was opened
in 1888 and has continued to be the parent church in Inde-
pendence to the present time.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
generally referred to as the Utah Church, organized in
New York in 1830, and in 1907 established its headquarters
for the Central States in Independence. Its church building,
at Walnut and Pleasant streets, was dedicated in 1914.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was established here
in 1906 with the first meetings held in Buchanan Hall. In
the spring of 1920 it bought property at 108 South Pleasant
street and constructed a basement, which it roofed to furnish
adequate quarters until the building program is pursued
further.
St. Luke's Evangelical Church, at the northwest corner
of North Main and Farmer streets, was established here in
1877 by the Rev. Edward Kilmpke, who continued as its
pastor for a number of years. The first church of this con-
gregation was located at Liberty and Nettleton streets. The
present structure of white stone was built in 1910.
Since the latter part of the 1860's the negroes have main-
tained two churches in Independence. The African Baptist
church was established January 13, 1864, and a church home
was built in 1867. The African Methodist Episcopal Church
was organized in 1865, but was unable to build a church until
First Methodist, South, First Baptist, St.
1879.
Mary's Catholic, Latter-day Saints (Utah Branch),
St. Luke's Evangelical
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