History · Jefferson
6 landmarks tell Jefferson’s story
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6 historic places in Jefferson
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Greene County Courthouse
in Iowa
#58
by listings
BuildingsDistrictsObjects
Architectural styles listings
Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson1
Late Victorian1
Italianate1
Romanesque1
Greene County CourthouseProudfoot, Bird and Rawson
Lincoln StatueBuilt 1918
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot-JeffersonBuilt 1906
Jefferson Square Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)Late Victorian
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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From the National Register of Historic Places (6). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.