Iowa - Greene County - Historic Districts
Greene County Iowa (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Squirrel Hollow County Park Historic District, Lincoln Highway--Buttrick's Creek to Grand Junction Segment, Lincoln Highway--Grand Junction Segment, Lincoln Highway--Raccoon River Rural Segment and Lincoln Highway--West Beaver Creek Abandoned Segment.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Greene County places including CWA,PWA,and WPA labor, Iowa State Col Central Design Office, Iowa Highway Commission, Greene County, Empire Construction Co. and Iowa Bridge Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in Greene Country are Late Victorian and Modern Movement.

Jefferson Square Commercial Historic District (added 2011 - - #11000503)
Courthouse Sq. and fronting blocks of N. Wilson, N. Chestnut, E. Lincoln, E. State & 115 S. Wilson Sts., Jefferson
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Lincoln Highway--Buttrick's Creek to Grand Junction Segment (added 1993 - - #93000167)
Also known as County Road E53
From Buttrick's Cr. E to IA 144 , Grand Junction
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Lincoln Highway--Grand Junction Segment (added 1993 - - #93000168)
Also known as County Road E53
Through and 1 mi. E of Grand Junction, S of Chicago & Northwestern RR tracks , Grand Junction
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Lincoln Highway--Raccoon River Rural Segment (added 1993 - - #93000162)
Also known as County Road E53
Co. Rd. E53 approximately 0.1 mi. W of Jefferson City limits, going W across Raccoon R. , Jefferson
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Iowa Highway Commission
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Lincoln Highway--West Beaver Creek Abandoned Segment (added 1993 - - #93000169)
Approximately 1 mi. E of Grand Junction between Chicago & Northwestern RR tracks and US 30 , Grand Junction
Mclarenj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Lincoln Highway--West Greene County Rural Segment (added 1993 - - #93000161)
Also known as County Road E39;County Road E65
N from jct. of IA 25 and US 30, approximately 0.5 mi. N of Scranton, then W to jct. with US 30 , Scranton
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Squirrel Hollow County Park Historic District (added 1991 - - #91001835)
E bank of N. Raccoon R. SE of Jefferson , Jefferson
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
CWA,PWA,and WPA labor, Central Design Office,Iowa State Col
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
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