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

Muscatine County Iowa (Historic Districts) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lock and Dam No. 16 Historic District and Fairport Biological Station Historic District, Downtown Commercial Historic District, Fair Oaks Historic District and Ijem Avenue Commercial Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Muscatine County places including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Willet L. Carroll, Paul V. Hyland, Cleveland and Jay and Joseph E. Mills. Prominent architectural styles found in Muscatine Country are Classical Revival, Italianate and Federal.

Beers and Saint John Company Coach Inn (added 2016 - - #16000130)

West Liberty, West Liberty

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce, Other

Period of Significance:

1825-1874 AD

Downtown Commercial Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000423)

Roughly nine blks centered on 2nd St. bet. Pine and Mulberry , Muscatine

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hyland, Paul V., Mills, Joseph E.

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Fair Oaks Historic District (added 2020 - - #100004983)

Bounded by Park Ave., Washington St., Weed Park, and northern Fair Oaks Addition line, Muscatine

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Fairport Biological Station Historic District (added 2023 - - #100009488)

3390 Highway 22, Fairport

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Area of Significance:

Conservation, Science

Ijem Avenue Commercial Historic District (added 2020 - - #100005566)

Ijem Ave. between Railroad St. and Main St., Nichols

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Lock and Dam No. 16 Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000176)

33109 102nd Ave. W , Muscatine

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Architectural Style:

Other, No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Economics, Military, Conservation, Social History, Politics/Government, Transportation, Commerce, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Water-Related

McColm, Laura Musser, Historic District (added 2017 - - #100000562)

1314 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Performing Arts, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1908-1938 AD

West Hill Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000356)

Roughly bounded by W. 2nd St. from Pine to Ash, W 3rd St. & W. 4th St. from Chestnut to near Ash. , Muscatine

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Carroll, Willet L., Cleveland and Jay

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

West Liberty Commercial Historic District (added 2002 - - #02001035)

Bounded by 4th St., Railroad Tracks, Clay and Spencer Sts. , West Liberty

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Music Facility, Processing, Storage, Theater

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Storage, Theater

West Liberty Fairgrounds Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000916)

West Liberty, West Liberty

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1974 AD

Wilton Commercial Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000606)

Wilton, Wilton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History, Other

Period of Significance:

1856-1966 AD