Walnut Street Commercial Historic District

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Walnut Street Commercial Historic District
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Location Walnut St., Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates 37°12′26″N93°17′27″W / 37.20722°N 93.29083°W / 37.20722; -93.29083 Coordinates: 37°12′26″N93°17′27″W / 37.20722°N 93.29083°W / 37.20722; -93.29083
Area less than one acre
Built 1895 (1895)
Architect Boller, Carl
Architectural style Italianate, Colonial Revival, et al.
MPS Springfield MPS
NRHP reference # 99000717 [1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1999

Walnut Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings in a commercial section of Springfield. The district developed between about 1895 and 1949, and includes representative examples of Italianate and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Landers Theater. Other notable buildings include the Masonic Temple (1906). [2]

Springfield, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2017, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 167,376. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which has a population of 462,369 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster.

Greene County, Missouri County in the United States

Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 275,174, making it the fourth-most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat and most populous city is Springfield. The county was organized in 1833 and is named after American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene.

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Philip Thomason (April 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Street Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01. (includes 7 photographs from 1998)