Iowa - Cherokee County
Cherokee County Iowa has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bastian Site, Brewster Site, Cherokee Sewer Site, Phipps Site and Illinois Central Railroad Yard--Cherokee.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Orr Phase, Correctionville-Blue Earth, Mill Creek, Native American and Middle Missouri dating back to 5999 BC.

The famous person Robert A. Lewis is associated with one of more of the Cherokee County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cherokee County places including Illinois Central Railroad, King, George E., Bridge Co., King Iron Bridge & Mfg. Co., Josselyn and Taylor, Warren Wilfred Beach, Robert A. Lewis, F.E. Wetherell and Beuttler and Arnold. Prominent architectural styles found in Cherokee Country are Late Victorian, Classical Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Bastian Site (added 1976 - - #76000742)
Also known as 13 CK 28
Address Restricted , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Orr Phase, Correctionville-Blue Earth
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Brewster Site (added 1979 - - #79000887)
Also known as 13 CK 15
Address Restricted , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Mill Creek
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Cherokee Commercial Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000903)
Parts of Main, Maple and Willow, bet. 1st and 6th Sts. , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Beuttler and Arnold, Beach, Warren Wilfred
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Museum, Road-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Museum, Road-Related
Cherokee Public Library (added 1985 - - #85000773)
215 S. 2nd St. , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
Cherokee Sewer Site (added 1974 - - #74000777)
Also known as 13 CK-405
Address Restricted , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
5500-5999 BC, 5000-5499 BC, 4500-4999 BC, 4000-4499 BC
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Other
Crocker Site (13CK71) (added 1976 - - #76002342)
Also known as 13CK71
Address Restricted , Washta
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Owner:
Private
Illinois Central Railroad Yard--Cherokee (added 1990 - - #90001308)
Also known as Cherokee Illinois Central Station
Roughly bounded by S. Fourth, Fifth, W. Maple, and W. Beech Sts. , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Illinois Central Railroad
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Lewis Hotel (added 1997 - - #97000963)
231 W. Main St. , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lewis, Robert A., Josselyn and Taylor
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Historic Person:
Lewis, Robert A.
Significant Year:
1899
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store
More Information:
Mill Creek Bridge (added 1998 - - #98000811)
Old IA 21 over Mill Cr. , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
King Iron Bridge & Mfg. Co., King, George E., Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
Phipps Site (added 1966 - - #66000335)
Also known as 13CK21
Address Restricted , Cherokee
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Missouri, Mill Creek
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Pilot Rock (added 1976 - - #76002345)
Unknown , Cherokee
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Owner:
Private
Simonsen Site (13CK61) (added 1976 - - #76002347)
Also known as 13CK61
Address Restricted , Cherokee
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