May is National Historic Preservation Month, and we are happy to share our restoration progress with you!  Join us at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at the 1859 Jail, 217 N. Main St., Independence, MO for a short presentation about The 1859 Jail's restoration and the future of the one-room Howard School which occupies our courtyard. 

Presentations will be made by former Jackson County Historical Society Board President and author Brian Burnes and JCHS Board Member Jason Wade, who is JCHS’s Volunteer Curator. This free event is part of the City of Independence’s Historic Preservation Month series. 

The 1859 Jail is owned and operated by the Jackson County Historical Society. Visit our website at https://www.jchs.org/ for more information.

For more information about other Historic Preservation Month events around Independence, please visit: www.independencemo.gov/events