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Courthouse Square Historic District (Chillicothe, Missouri)

Coordinates: 39°47′39″N 93°33′09″W / 39.79417°N 93.55250°W / 39.79417; -93.55250
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Courthouse Square Historic District
NW corner Webster & Elm, September 2014
Courthouse Square Historic District is located in Missouri
Courthouse Square Historic District
Courthouse Square Historic District
Courthouse Square Historic District is located in the United States
Courthouse Square Historic District
Courthouse Square Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Calhoun, Jackson, Washington, and Elm Sts., Chillicothe, Missouri
Coordinates39°47′39″N 93°33′09″W / 39.79417°N 93.55250°W / 39.79417; -93.55250
Area8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
ArchitectRoberts, Warren; Schultz, S.E.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Commercial Block, Beaux-Arts
MPSChillicothe, Missouri MPS
NRHP reference No.02001177[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 2002

Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri. The district encompasses 24 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential area of Chillicothe. It developed between about 1877 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian and Beaux Arts style architecture. Notable buildings include the Livingston County Courthouse (1914), Wallbrunn Building (c. 1898), First National Bank Building #2 (1906), Peoples Trust Building (c. 1916), Nick J. Rensch Building (c. 1877), Davis/Milbank Building (c. 1880), Leeper Hotel (1884, c. 1915, 1929), Chillicothe City Hall (1926), First National Bank Building #1 (1887), and Sipple Clothing Co/Broyles Land Co Building (c. 1889).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Becky L. Snider (April 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 8 photographs) and Site map