National Historic Landmarks & Historic Places.

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 alphabetically by property name…

Click here for a list sorted by the date of acceptance…

Click here for a list sorted by location…

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

Berryhill, Charles H. House – You can read more here.

Bethel AME Church – You can read more here.

Billingsley-Hills House*

Boerner-Fry Company-Davis Hotel – You can read more here.

Borts, Albert J & Alice E. House*

Bostick, William House* – You can read more here.

**Bowery Street Grocery Store* – You can read more here.**

Buresh Farm – Solon

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

Byfield, Dr. Albert H. House*

Carson, Thomas C. House* – You can read more here.

Cavanagh-Zetek House* – You can read more here.

**Chicago-Rock Island-Pacific (CRI&P) Railroad Depot* – You can read more here.**

College Block Building* – **You can read more here.**

**Congregational Church* –** **You can read more here**.

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

**Coralville Public School – You can read more here.**

Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church

Cottage at Rock & Dubuque Streets – Solon

Czecho-Slovakian C.S.P.S. National Hall* **– You can read more here.**

**East College Street Historic District**

**Economy Advertising Company* – You can read more here.**

**Englert Theatre – You can read more here.**

First Unitarian Church*

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

Ford, Arthur H. House

**Franklin Printing House* – You can read more here.**

**Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District**

Harvat, Emma J. – Stach, Mary E. House – You can read more here.

**Hawthorne Glove & Shrader Drug Building* – You can read more here.**

**Iowa City Downtown Historic District** **– You can read more here.**

Iowa Federation Home for Colored Girls

Jackson-Swisher House & Carriage House*

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

**Johnson County Courthouse – You can read more here.**

**Johnson County Savings Bank** **– You can read more here.**

Johnson, Sylvanus House – You can read more here.

Kirkwood, Samuel J. House* – You can read more here.

Letovsky-Rohret House*

McCollister, James Farmstead*

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

**Muscatine Avenue – Moffit Cottage Historic District**

Nicking, Henry C. House* – You can read more here.

**North Presbyterian Church (Old Brick)* – You can read more here.**

Oakes-Wood House* – You can read more here.

**Old Capitol – You can read more here.**

**Old U.S. Post Office* – You can read more here.**

**Old Settlers’ Assoc. of Johnson County Log Cabins* – You can read more here.**

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

Park House Hotel/St. Agatha’s Women’s Seminary* – You can read more here.

**Paul-Helen Building* – You can read more here.**

**Pentacrest – You can read more here.**

**Plum Grove, Robert Lucas Home – You can read more here.**

**Polygonal Barn – Lincoln Township, West Liberty**

Pratt, A.W. House*

Ranshaw, Samuel & Emma A. House

Rittenmeyer, F.X. House*

**Robert A. Lee Recreation Center – You can read more here.**

Rose Hill, Frederick Irish Home* – You can read more here.

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

St. John’s Lutheran Church

**St. Mary’s Catholic Church** **& Rectory* – You can read more here.**

St. Mary’s Rectory* – You can read more here.

Sigma Pi Fraternity House*

South Summit Street District

Stone Academy

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

Summit Apartment Building*

Tate Arms*

**Trinity Episcopal Church* – You can read more here.**

Union Bakery*

**Union Brewery* – You can read more here.**

**Washington Township Center High School**

Wehner, Roland & Marilyn House – You can read more here.

**Wentz, Jacob House* – You can read more here.**

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.
* Iowa City Historic Landmark.

Wetherby, Isaac A. House – You can read more here.

White, H.A. General Store & House

Windrem House* – You can read more here.

Woodlawn Historic District

Click on the boxes below to visit the NRHP page for each entry.

**Close, M.T. & Company** **– You can read more here.**

**Opera House Block – You can read more here.**

**Shambaugh, Benjamin & Bertha House – You can read more here.**

St. Mary’s High School – 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.**

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