Market, 6th, 7th, and Court Sts., around Courthouse Sq., Harlan, Iowa. County/parish: Shelby.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 23, 1994. NRIS 94001099.
38 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing object.
Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Harlan, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 54 resources, including 38 contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing object, 13 noncontributing buildings, and one noncontributing object. Cross-shaped in plan, the historic district covers most of the city's central business district in the original town plat. Most of the buildings are two-story, brick, commercial buildings. Commercial Italianate and Queen Anne styles are dominant. The Shelby County Courthouse (1893) is a stone Richardsonian Romanesque structure. The courthouse square block and the four surrounding half blocks and rear alleys constitute the contributing site. The Soldier's Monument on the square is the contributing object, and the POW/MIA Monument is the noncontributing object because of its more recent construction.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75340098