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Golconda Historic District

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Built
  
Various

Address
  
Golconda, IL 62938, USA

Added to NRHP
  
22 October 1976

NRHP Reference #
  
76000726

Area
  
112 ha

Golconda Historic District

Location
  
IL 146, Golconda, Illinois

Similar
  
Barren Creek Cottages, Deer Run Camp Ground, Golconda Marina

The Golconda Historic District is a designated historic district in the Pope County, Illinois city of Golconda, along the banks of the Ohio River. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of only three sites in Pope County to be on the Register. The other sites are Millstone Bluff, a prehistoric Mississippian settlement in the Shawnee National Forest, and the Pope County portion of the Kincaid Mounds, a prehistoric city in the Ohio River floodplain. The historic district located along Illinois Route 146 and was added to the Register in 1976.

The Buel House, a historic home built in 1840 and currently owned by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is included within the district.

References

Golconda Historic District Wikipedia