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

Dickinson County Iowa (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Gull Point State Park, Area A, Gull Point State Park, Area B, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Historic District, Mini-Wakan State Park Historic District and Pikes Point State Park Shelter and Steps.

The famous person Thomas Huston MacBride is associated with one of more of the Dickinson County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dickinson County places including Ames Central Design Office, Iowa CCC Camp B.F. 1, USDA Bureau of Biological Survey, Amos Barton Emery and Civilian Conservation Corps. Prominent architectural styles found in Dickinson Country are .

Gull Point State Park, Area A (added 1990 - - #90001661)

Off IA 86 on W Shore of W Okoboji Lake , Milford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Central Design Office,Ames

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Gull Point State Park, Area B (added 1990 - - #90001662)

Off IA 86 on W shore of W Okoboji Lake , Milford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Central Design Office,Ames

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Historic District (added 1991 - - #91001830)

IA 86 about 4 mi. N-NW of jct. with US 71 , Milford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Iowa CCC Camp B.F. 1, USDA Bureau of Biological Survey

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

MacBride,Thomas Huston

Significant Year:

1937, 1936

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Education, Science, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility

Mini-Wakan State Park Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000021)

Also known as Mini-Wakan;Mini-Wauken, Minne-Waukon

24490 100th St. , Spirit Lake

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Emery, Amos Barton, Civilian Conservation Corps

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Pikes Point State Park Shelter and Steps (added 1990 - - #90001675)

W of jct. of IA 9 and US 71 , Spirit Lake

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Central Design Office,Ames

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park