Red Oak Downtown Historic District

Red Oak Downtown Historic District
Armory (1899/1908)
Location Roughly bound by E. Hammond, N.5th, N. 1 Sts., E. Washington Ave., Red Oak, Iowa
Coordinates 41°0′33.6″N 95°13′42.8″W / 41.009333°N 95.228556°W / 41.009333; -95.228556Coordinates: 41°0′33.6″N 95°13′42.8″W / 41.009333°N 95.228556°W / 41.009333; -95.228556
Architectural style Late Victorian
Late 19th & early 20th century Revivals
Modern Movement
MPS Iowa's Main Street Commercial Architecture MPS
NRHP reference # 16000868[1]
Added to NRHP December 20, 2016

The Red Oak Downtown Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Red Oak, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1] At the time of its nomination it contained 104 resources, which included 73 contributing buildings, eight contributing objects, one contributing site, 15 non-contributing buildings, six non-contributing objects, and one non-contributing structure.[2] The historic district covers most of the city's central business district. It is a flat area of land in an otherwise hilly region. The district is centered on Fountain Square, a public green space around which the town had been platted in 1857. A second public square was added in 1890 for the Montgomery County Courthouse after Red Oak won a special election to move the county seat from Frankfort.

The district contains a mix of attached commercial buildings and free-standing government, commercial and light industrial buildings. The courthouse (1891), Red Oak Firehouse and City Jail (1898/1901), and the Red Oak Public Library (1909) are all individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] Most of the buildings are two-part commercial blocks that reflect the styles and materials that were popular when they were built. The single-story buildings are generally one-part commercial blocks or roadside commercial buildings. Fountain Square is the contributing site and all of the contributing and non-contributing objects are located there, generally as war memorials or park elements.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Jennifer Honebrink. "Red Oak Downtown Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-20.


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