Built 1882 Opened 1882 Added to NRHP 23 September 1994 | NRHP Reference # 94001099 Area 3 ha Architect Charles E. Bell | |
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Location Market, 6th, 7th, and Court Sts., around Courthouse Sq.
Harlan, Iowa Architectural styles Queen Anne style architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture, Italianate architecture Similar Shelby County Courthouse, Brown County Courthouse, Martin County Courthouse | ||
Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Harlan, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 54 resources, including 38 contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing object, 13 noncontributing buildings, and one noncontributing object. Cross-shaped in plan, the historic district covers most of the city's central business district in the original town plat. Most of the buildings are two-story, brick, commercial buildings. Commercial Italianate and Queen Anne styles are dominant. The Shelby County Courthouse (1893) is a stone Richardsonian Romanesque structure. The courthouse square block and the four surrounding half blocks and rear alleys constitute the contributing site. The Soldier's Monument on the square is the contributing object, and the POW/MIA Monument is the noncontributing object because of its more recent construction.