Edina Double Square Historic District Explained

Edina Double Square Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:40.1669°N -92.1728°W
Architect:Ittner, William B.; Weishar and Stablein
Architecture:Italianate, Moderne, two part commercial
Added:July 28, 1999, March 13, 2002 (Boundary Increase)
Refnum:99000902, 02000164 (Boundary Increase)

Edina Double Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Edina, Knox County, Missouri. The district encompasses 37 contributing buildings in the central business district of Edina. It developed between about 1865 and 1945 and includes representative examples of Italianate and Streamline Moderne style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Public Works Administration funded Knox County Courthouse (1934–1935) designed by William B. Ittner, Bishoff Bakery (1891), Northern Hotel (1860s), Ennis House/Northern Hotel (c. 1865), Edina School and Gymnasium (1915–1916), D. H. Mudd Building (c. 1904), Phillip Linville Building (c. 1908, c. 1963), Tobias J. Lycan Building (c. 1891), Jacob Pugh Building (c. 1891), Albert G. Bostick Building (c. 1891), Knox County Savings Bank (c. 1891), Thomas Burk Buildings (c. 1881), Bank of Edina Building (c. 1907), Joseph F. Biggerstaff Buildings (c. 1881), Stablein Building (c. 1870), and Knox County Public Library (c. 1915).[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, with a boundary increase in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Edina Double Square Historic District. 2017-01-01. Hugh Davidson, Beverly Fleming, Gerald Lee Gilleard, and Steven E. Mitchell . PDF. 1998–1999. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 15 photographs from 1997) and Site map
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Edina Double Square Historic District (Boundary Increase). 2017-01-01. David Davidson and Roger Maserang . PDF. October 2001. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 4 photographs from 2001) and Site map