National Register of Historic Places - Iowa (IA), Plymouth County

Plymouth County Iowa has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Kimball Village, Kimball Village, Le Mars Municipal Park and Golf Course Historic District and Tonsfeldt Round Barn and Foster Park Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Initial Variant Middle Missouri and Big Sioux Phase dating back to 1000.

Several famous people are associated with these Plymouth County historic places including C.C. Bradley and Ralph Rippey.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Plymouth County places including H.P. Tonsfeldt, Emil Miller, John Werling, Atchison & Edbrooke, William La Barthe Steele, Kinney & Detweiler, John A. Huxtable, William LaBarthe Steele and Riesche & Sanborn. Prominent architectural styles found in Plymouth Country are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Akron Opera House (added 2012 - - #12000403)

151 Reed St., Akron

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Performing Arts, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

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Foster Park Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000329)

500-900 blks. Central Ave. S. & blocks around Foster Park , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Steele, William La Barthe

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Bradley, C.C., Rippey, Ralph

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, European, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Music Facility, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Music Facility, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Kimball Village (added 2010 - - #10000343)

Also known as Kimball Site;Kimball Mound, Site 13PM4;Kimball Village Site;Kimball

Rural (1/2 mi S of the intersection of Iowa 12 and 314th Sts) , Westfield

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Native American, Community Planning And Development, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Initial Variant Middle Missouri, Big Sioux Phase

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Processing, Processing Site, Storage, Trade (Archeology), Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Le Mars Central High School (added 1999 - - #99000492)

Also known as Plymouth County Historical Museum

335 1st Ave. SW , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Huxtable, John A., Atchison & Edbrooke

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Sport Facility

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Le Mars Downtown Commercial Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000908)

Bounded by 2nd St., N, 2nd Ave., W., 1st St., S., & 1st Ave., E., Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

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Le Mars Municipal Park and Golf Course Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000858)

Also known as Le Mars Recreation Park

Jct. of Le Mars, 4th Ave., NE or IA 3 , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

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Le Mars Public Library (added 1979 - - #79000922)

Also known as Le Mars Civic Center

200 Central , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Werling,John

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic

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Plymouth County Courthouse (added 1981 - - #81000263)

E. 3rd Ave. , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Miller,Emil, Kinney & Detweiler

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Reeves Farmstead Historic District (added 2001 - - #00001680)

Also known as Reeves Heritage Farm

15991 IA 60 , LeMars

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Sacred Heart Hospital (added 2010 - - #09001303)

Also known as Floyd Valley Apartments

110 6th Ave. NE , LeMars

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

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St. George's Episcopal Church (added 1976 - - #76000797)

400 1st Ave., SE , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Thoren Hall (added 1998 - - #78001248)

Westmar College campus, 10th St., SE , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Tonsfeldt Round Barn (added 1986 - - #86003194)

Plymouth County Fairgrounds , Le Mars

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings

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