Boonville Public Square Historic District

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Boonville Public Square Historic District
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Third Street at Courthouse Square, July 2012
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LocationBounded roughly by First, Sycamore, Fourth, and Walnut, Boonville, Indiana
Coordinates 38°02′57″N87°16′29″W / 38.04917°N 87.27472°W / 38.04917; -87.27472
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1904 (1904)
ArchitectHarris & Shopbell; Et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No. 86002720 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 23, 1987

Boonville Public Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana. It encompasses 50 contributing buildings in the central business district of Boonville. It developed between about 1855 and 1934, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Beaux-Arts, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Old Warrick County Jail. Other notable buildings include the Warrick County Courthouse (1904), Boonville Standard (Mellen) Building (1902), I.O.O.F. Building (1896), Peoples' Bank (1939), Carnegie Library (1918), Trimble Block (1903), and Farmers & Merchants Bank (1902). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Douglas Stern (November 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Boonville Public Square Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016., and Site map, and Accompanying photographs