TexasAndroid
06/22/05 10:18 AM
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Like the JFK library, I was able to get close, but have no idea which building is the actual library. (May very well be the building just to the NE, but that's just a guess)
Here's the "close" link
Would someone who knows the area please submit a entry centered and thumbnailed on the actual presidential library. Thanks.
TexasAndroid
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Edited by TexasAndroid (07/01/05 07:59 PM)
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doranchak
06/30/05 10:28 PM
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I believe the Library and Museum are housed in the building centered here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.103346,-94.421332&spn=0.005412,0.012027&t=k&hl=en
Some clues that lead me to believe this:
From http://www.trumanlibrary.org/libhist.htm:
"The Library, located in Independence, Missouri, President Truman's hometown, crowns a knoll facing U.S. Highway 24 on land donated by the City of Independence. In 1968 and 1980 additions to the building were completed at a cost of $310,000 and $2,800,000 respectively. The present Library building, which is a one-story full basement structure, is roughly circular in configuration. The total floor space is about 100,000 square feet. The building contains stack areas for the storage of manuscripts, books, and audiovisual materials, a research room, staff offices, and auditorium, conference an seminar rooms and museum exhibit and storage areas. President and Mrs. Truman are buried in the courtyard."
The courtyard is clearly visible in the middle of the structure. A visual reference is the round "nub" on the courtyard-facing inner wall (you can see it casting a shadow into the courtyard). I believe the circular "nub" corresponds to the very left of this image:
http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/images/Famous%20Dead%20People/Truman,%20Harry%20-%20Independence%20MO%2001.jpg
Also, you can see from that image the walkway leading to the Trumans' tombs, which you can almost make out in the satellite photo.
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TexasAndroid
07/01/05 02:47 PM
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That's the one I suspected. Your logic makes sense, and I've added the building as the library. Another one done.
TexasAndroid
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