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Marion Commercial Historic District

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308:(1905), which is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. City Square Park is the contributing site. It was established in 1839, and the county courthouse was located across Sixth Avenue where the public library is now located. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1914) and the Cannon Monument, both located in the park, are the contributing objects. Tenth Street between Fifth and Seventh Avenues was paved with bricks in the late nineteenth century, and it is the contributing structure. Remnants of the historic 984: 890: 104: 79: 62: 901: 1534: 111: 86: 322: 299:
The period of significance is from 1855, when the oldest building in the district was built, to 1957 when the area had reached the culmination of its development. Fires in 1894 and 1895 destroyed a number of buildings, and they were replaced by more stylish commercial buildings. Commercial blocks in
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era are dominant here. Most of the buildings in the district housed commercial operations, but it also includes three houses and two churches. Also located here is the former
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that was torn down in 1988 were used to create a shelter house in City Square Park. It is one of the non-contributing buildings.
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560-748 10th St., 958-1298 7th Ave., 760-96 11th St., 766-76 13th St., 1108 8th Ave., and 969 6th Ave.,
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in 2009. At the time of its nomination it consisted of 41 resources, which included 29
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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property in Linn County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Iowa
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Minnesota Railroad: Walker Station
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Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District
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National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Iowa
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This article about a building or structure in Iowa is a
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Adams R., Frederick L. and Martha (Taylor) Knott House
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in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Josias L. and Elizabeth A. Minor Farmstead District
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Marion Commercial Historic District is located in Iowa
Marion Commercial Historic District is located in the United States
Marion, Iowa
42°02′00.1″N 91°35′57.5″W / 42.033361°N 91.599306°W / 42.033361; -91.599306
Greek Revival
Late Victorian
MPS
Iowa's Main Street Commercial Architecture MPS
09000930
historic district
Marion, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places
contributing buildings
contributing site
contributing structure
contributing objects
central business district
county seat
Linn County
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Late Victorian
Marion Carnegie Public Library
train station

Marion Commercial Historic District
Marion station (Iowa)

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