National Register of Historic Places - Illinois (IL), Hancock County

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

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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

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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

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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