Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District

Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District

Pickler’s Famous Store (second from left), 1893
Location 200 block N. Franklin St., 100 block E. Harrison St., 100 block W. Harrison St., Kirksville, Missouri
Coordinates 40°11′44″N 92°35′1″W / 40.19556°N 92.58361°W / 40.19556; -92.58361Coordinates: 40°11′44″N 92°35′1″W / 40.19556°N 92.58361°W / 40.19556; -92.58361
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1883 (1883)
Architect Kirsch, Robert G.; Dunbar, Irwin
Architectural style Romanesque, Italianate, neo-classical revival
NRHP Reference # 09000330[1]
Added to NRHP May 21, 2009

Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Kirksville. It developed between 1883 and 1925, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Adair County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Union Meat Market (c.1890; façade c. 1905), Irwin Davis Sheet Metal Company (c. 1905), Baxter-Miller Apartment Building (1925), Ivie’s Hotel (1883), and Pickler’s Famous Store (1887).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Todd Kuhns and Cole Woodcox (January 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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