Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District (Carthage, Missouri)

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Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by E. Central Ave., S. Maple, Lincoln, and W. 5th Sts., Carthage, Missouri
Coordinates 37°10′36″N94°18′37″W / 37.17667°N 94.31028°W / 37.17667; -94.31028 Coordinates: 37°10′36″N94°18′37″W / 37.17667°N 94.31028°W / 37.17667; -94.31028
Area27.7 acres (11.2 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleItalianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 80002370 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 1980

Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 42 contributing buildings in the central business district of Carthage. It developed in the late-19th and early-20th centuries and includes representative examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Jasper County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Bank of Carthage, Ben Franklin Store (1920s), Farmers and Drovers Bank / Miller Clothing Company (1875, 1908), Belk-Simpson Building (pre-1884), Carthage Water & Electric Co. (pre-1884), Snyder Building (1901), Drake Hotel (1920), Fire Department (1883), Leggett and Platt (1920), McNerney Block (1905), and Carthage National Bank. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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. Deborah Ray, Caryl B. MacMorran, and Heather Hallenberg (October 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 47 photographs from 1979) and Site map