While I was photographing a house across the street I spied this architecturally delightful church. So I had to investigate. It is Late Gothic Revival built sometime just prior to 1902 as the Benton Boulevard Baptist Church, 2455 Benton Boulevard. . Part of it's claim to fame is that Harry Truman was baptized there in 1902 when he was working downtown as a bank clerk with his brother Vivian. The building was sold to the Macedonia Baptist Church in 1955 and that new congregation moved in in 1957. Macedonia Baptist built a new building at 1700 E. Linwood Blvd. and moved to it in 2011. The building is currently for sale - $120,000. It's on the register of historic places, but really needs help. Truthfully, I had never seen this amazing building before.
