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

Cherokee County Iowa has 15 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.

Several famous people are associated with these Cherokee County historic places including Guy Mark Gillette and Robert A. Lewis.

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, Beuttler and Arnold, Warren Wilfred Beach, William Edward Davis, F.E. Wetherell and Robert A. Lewis. Prominent architectural styles found in Cherokee Country are Late Victorian, Classical Revival and Craftsman.

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

Boughton, Lemuel C. and Mary (Vaughn), House (added 2019 - - #100004428)

736 W. Cedar St., Cherokee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis, William Edward

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1891-1910 AD

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:

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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

Gillette, Guy M. and Rose (Freeman), House (added 2019 - - #100004427)

111 N. 11th St., Cherokee

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Gillette, Guy Mark

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1940-1966 AD

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:

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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:

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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:

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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

Seaman, Roy C. and Lena (Johnson), House (added 2019 - - #100004429)

400 Magnetic Ave., Cherokee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Craftsman, Western Stick

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1913-1913 AD