Historical Marker
Sawyer-Jennings House
Historical marker location:
510 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri
( Marker is on North Delaware Street just south of West Waldo Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1976
The University of Missouri, located in Columbia, was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1839 and has a long history of academic and athletic excellence.