National Register of Historic Places - Iowa (IA), Cedar County

Cedar County Iowa has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) and Mill Creek Bridge, Cedar County Sheriff's House and Jail and Downey Savings Bank.

Several famous people are associated with these Cedar County historic places including Herbert Hoover and Herbert Clark Hoover.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cedar County places including Raoul Delmare, W. Wagner, Augustua Puttemans, Ward & Keepers, John Leefers, Emil Mahlstedt, John G. Ralston, S.B. Reed, H.L. Dean and Frank W. Chapman. Prominent architectural styles found in Cedar Country are Classical Revival, Late Victorian and Prairie School.

Cedar County Sheriff's House and Jail (added 2003 - - #03000913)

118 W. 4th St. , Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nachbar, Frank, Leefers, John

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Law, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

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Downey Savings Bank (added 1976 - - #76000740)

Front St. , Downey

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Economics, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Downey School (added 2019 - - #100004017)

212 Broadway St., Downey

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1905-1954 AD

Floral Hall (added 1976 - - #76000741)

Also known as Cedar County Fair Grounds

W of Tipton on Cedar County Fair Grounds , Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dean,H.L.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Fair

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Fair

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Green, William, House (added 1999 - - #99000488)

Also known as Anderson Hall

1709 Madison St. , Rochester

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Gruwell and Crew General Store (added 1982 - - #82002610)

Also known as West Branch Heritage Museum

109 W. Main St. , West Branch

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Hall, Hannah Morse Fowler, House (added 1998 - - #98000378)

Also known as Hall--Rate Farm

1285 Garfield Ave. , Buchanan

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Hardacre Theater (added 2016 - - #15000951)

Tipton, Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Other

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000110)

Off I-80 , West Branch

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Hoover,Herbert

Significant Year:

1885, 1874

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) (added 2013 - - #13000594)

110 Parkside Dr., West Branch

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Information Potential

Historic Person:

Hoover, Herbert Clark

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1875-1899

Hotel Tipton (added 1998 - - #98001328)

524-527 Cedar St. , Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Kreinbring Phillips 66 Gas Station (added 2000 - - #00000933)

Also known as Farm Service Station

200 Main St. , Lowden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Lincoln Hotel (added 1996 - - #96000699)

408 Main St. , Lowden

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

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Mill Creek Bridge (added 1998 - - #98000743)

Plum St. over Mill Cr. , Clarence

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ward & Keepers

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Red Oak Grove Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (added 2010 - - #09001302)

Also known as Red Oak Grove Church and Cemetery

751 King Ave. , Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rugh and Zalesky

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

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Reichert, John Christian and Bertha Landrock, House (added 1991 - - #91001861)

Also known as Winger-Gelm-Victorian House

508 E. Fourth St. , Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reichert,John, Reed,S.B.

Architectural Style:

Other, Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Parish Hall (added 1985 - - #85000002)

Also known as St. Paul's Church, Durant

206 6th Ave. , Durant

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

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Tipton State Bank (added 2000 - - #00001075)

501 Cedar St. , Tipton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Woods, J.C. & Co.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional

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West Branch Commercial Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000028)

Also known as See also:West Branch Commercial Historic District (Boundary

W. Main and N. Downey Sts. , West Branch

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Clubhouse, Financial Institution, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

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West Branch Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1990 - - #90000158)

Also known as See Also:West Branch Commercial Historic District;Gruwell an

N. Downey and E. and W. Main Sts. , West Branch

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

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West Branch Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1995 - - #95000386)

Also known as See Also:West Branch Commercial Historic District

124 W. Main St. , West Branch

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

More Information:

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