The List of National Historic Landmarks (NHL) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are the official listings of the nation’s most historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s List of National Historic Landmarks and National Register of Historic Places are both part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
At the end of 2023, there were over 2,600 National Historic Landmarks across the United States, with only 28 iconic buildings identified in Iowa, and only one of those landmarks is located in Johnson County. Of course, it’s an obvious choice:
Click on the box below to visit the NHL page for Old Capitol .Johnson County’s only National Historic Landmark – Old Capitol – You can read more here. As for the National Register of Historic Places , at the end of 2024, there were more than 98,000 properties listed in the National Register, with 95 of those historic places located in Johnson County, Iowa . Below, we offer you links and more information on each of those 95 historic icons – listed by the date of acceptance …
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Visit our color-coded Iowa City Area – Historic Places Google Map. Here you’ll find an interactive map that pinpoints the location of Iowa City/Johnson County historic sites. Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry .* Iowa City Historic Landmark. Old Capitol – You can read more here. Plum Grove, Robert Lucas Home – You can read more here . Congregational Church* – You can read more here .College Block Building* – You can read more here. North Presbyterian Church (Old Brick)* – You can read more here. South Summit Street District Coralville Public School – You can read more here. Close, Chalmer D. House* Wentz, Jacob House* – You can read more here . Kirkwood, Samuel J. House* – You can read more here . Secrest Octagon Barn Trinity Episcopal Church* – You can read more here. Johnson County Courthouse – You can read more here. Nicking, Henry C. House* – You can read more here . McCollister, James Farmstead* Czecho-Slovakian C.S.P.S. National Hall* – You can read more here. St. John’s Lutheran Church Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church First Welsh Congregational Church Buresh Farm – Solon Linsay House* Windrem House* – You can read more here. Cavanagh-Zetek House* – You can read more here. Pentacrest – You can read more here. Oakes-Wood House* – You can read more here . Vogt-Unash House First Johnson County Asylum Park House Hotel/St. Agatha’s Women’s Seminary* – You can read more here . Woodlawn Historic District Old U.S. Post Office* – You can read more here . Berryhill, Charles H. House – You can read more here. Rittenmeyer, F.X. House* Washington Township Center High School Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry . * Iowa City Historic Landmark. St. Mary’s Catholic Church & Rectory – You can read more here . Letovsky-Rohret House* Carson, Thomas C. House* – You can read more here. Jackson-Swisher House & Carriage House* Chicago-Rock Island-Pacific (CRI&P) Railroad Depot* – You can read more here. Billingsley-Hills House* Boerner-Fry Company-Davis Hotel – You can read more here. Pratt, A.W. House* Summit Apartment Building* White, H.A. General Store & House Cottage at Rock & Dubuque Streets – Solon Ford, Arthur H. House Franklin Printing House* – You can read more here. Paul-Helen Building* – You can read more here . Union Brewery* – You can read more here. Economy Advertising Company* – You can read more here. Miller Round Barn Polygonal Barn – Lincoln Township, West Liberty Roberts Octagon Barn Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry . * Iowa City Historic Landmark. Johnson, Sylvanus House – You can read more here. Shimek, Bohumil House Rose Hill, Frederick Irish Home* – You can read more here. Muscatine Avenue – Moffit Cottage Historic District Schindhelm-Drews House* Brown Street Historic District Cannon, Wilber D. & Hattie House* St. Mary’s Rectory – You can read more here . Bostick, William House* – You can read more here. Clark, Florence A. House* Oxford Commercial Historic District College Green Historic District East College Street Historic District Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Old State Quarry Sutliff Bridge Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry . * Iowa City Historic Landmark. Harvat, Emma J. – Stach, Mary E. House – You can read more here. Bethel AME Church – You can read more here. Stone Academy Ashton, Ned House* Englert Theatre – You can read more here. Longfellow Historic District Henyon-Kasper-Duffy Barn Jefferson Street Historic District Melrose Historic District Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District Wetherby, Isaac A. House – You can read more here. Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry . * Iowa City Historic Landmark. Ranshaw, Samuel & Emma A. House Old Settlers’ Assoc. of Johnson County Log Cabins* – You can read more here . Wehner, Roland & Marilyn House – You can read more here. Sigma Pi Fraternity House* Bowery Street Grocery Store* – You can read more here. Hawthorne Glove & Shrader Drug Building* – You can read more here. Johnson County Poor Farm & Asylum Union Bakery* Byfield, Dr. Albert H. House* Johnson County Savings Bank – You can read more here. First Unitarian Church* Borts, Albert J & Alice E. House* Iowa Federation Home for Colored Girls Tate Arms* Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry . * Iowa City Historic Landmark. Iowa City Downtown Historic District – You can read more here. Robert A. Lee Recreation Center – You can read more here. Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry .St. Mary’s High School – You can read more here. Opera House Block – You can read more here. Van Patten House Close, M.T. & Company – You can read more here. Shambaugh, Benjamin & Bertha House – You can read more here. Those National Register of Historic Places buildings that are marked with * are also listed as Iowa City Historical Landmarks. Read more here . On July 1, 1976, The Iowa City Press-Citizen published a special 76-page Bicentennial edition. In that edition there were articles and pictures related to stories found on this page. Click here to check it out. Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.
National Register of Historic Places , Wikipedia
National Register of Historic Places & Landmarks , Iowa Arts & Culture
National Historic Landmarks Program , National Parks Service
List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa , Wikipedia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Iowa , Wikipedia
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