La Plata Square Historic District

La Plata Square Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
La Plata Square Historitc District in 2024
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Location	Along portions of Gex, Sanders, and Moore St., La Plata, Missouri
Coordinates	40°01′23″N92°29′28″W / 40.02306°N 92.49111°W / 40.02306; -92.49111
Area	13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built	1855 (1855)
Architectural style	Early Commercial, One and two part block
NRHP reference No.	08000696 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 20, 2008

La Plata Square Historic District is a national historic district located at La Plata, Macon County, Missouri. The district encompasses 36 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential area of La Plata. It developed between about 1855 and 1958, and includes representative examples of commercial architecture. Notable contributing resources include the La Plata Public Square (1855), Home Press Building (c. 1877), Farmer's and Merchants Bank (c. 1902), Myron Sears Variety (c. 1909), Masonic Hall/La Plata State Bank (c. 1902), Tonkinson and Harris Ford Dealership (c. 1910), The Famous (1908), Wheatcraft Motor Company (1924), La Plata Fire Department (c. 1928), and Post Office (1937). ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michelle Diedriech (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: La Plata Square Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 14 photographs from 2007)