Public Square Historic District (Sigourney, Iowa)
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| Location | Roughly around Keokuk County Court House, Sigourney, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°20′0″N 92°12′16″W / 41.33333°N 92.20444°W |
| Area | 11.9 acres (4.8 ha) |
| Architect | Wetherell and Gage Burdette Higgins |
| Architectural style | Italianate Romanesque, et al. |
| MPS | Sigourney, Iowa MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000487[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1999 |
The Public Square Historic District in Sigourney, Iowa, United States is a 11.9-acre (4.8 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The listing included 41 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and two contributing objects.[2] The district includes work by architects Wetherell & Gage.[1]
The district largely includes commercial buildings that surround the 1911 Keokuk County Courthouse, which is separately listed on the National Register.[3] For the most part the buildings are one or two-story brick structures. Two of the building are three stories. Initially, the buildings built around the square were all wood-frame construction. After the Civil War brick buildings began to replace them, with 1876 being a prominent year for new construction. The change from wood to brick structures continued into the 20th century. There are also two other civic buildings in the district, Memorial Hall (1923; Sigourney City Hall and auditorium), and the post office (1938). Both of these buildings are located just off of the square proper. The contributing structure is a bandstand, and contributing objects are a fountain, and a Civil War Monument. All three are located on the courthouse grounds.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Molly Myers Naumann. "Public Square Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Keokuk County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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