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Illinois - Hancock County - Historic Districts
Hancock County Illinois (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Nauvoo Historic District and Warsaw Historic District, Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District, LaHarpe Historic District.

The famous person Joseph Smith is associated with one of more of the Hancock County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Hancock County places including George W. & Son Payne. Prominent architectural styles found in Hancock Country are Italianate, Beaux Arts and Federal.

Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001482)
Roughly bounded by Main, Adams, Wabash, and Madison Sts. , Carthage
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Payne,George W. & Son
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Italianate, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse
LaHarpe Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000031)
100--124 W. Main St., 100--122 and 101--129 E. Main Sts., 101--121 S. Center St., and City Pk. , LaHarpe
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Nauvoo Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000321)
Nauvoo and its environs , Nauvoo
Entheta, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Smith,Joseph
Significant Year:
1846, 1839
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Religion
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park, Single Dwelling
Warsaw Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000486)
Roughly bounded by the Mississippi River, Marion and 11th Sts. , Warsaw
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Federal, Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Park, Single Dwelling, Underwater
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