Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District (Carthage, Missouri) Explained

Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:37.1767°N -94.3103°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Italianate, Romanesque
Added:May 15, 1980
Refnum:80002370

Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 42 contributing buildings in the central business district of Carthage. It developed in the late-19th and early-20th centuries and includes representative examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Jasper County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Bank of Carthage, Ben Franklin Store (1920s), Farmers and Drovers Bank / Miller Clothing Company (1875, 1908), Belk-Simpson Building (pre-1884), Carthage Water & Electric Co. (pre-1884), Snyder Building (1901), Drake Hotel (1920), Fire Department (1883), Leggett and Platt (1920), McNerney Block (1905), and Carthage National Bank.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District. 2017-01-01. Deborah Ray, Caryl B. MacMorran, and Heather Hallenberg. PDF. October 1979. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 47 photographs from 1979) and Site map