LaDow Block
Also known as Laatz Apartments
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About LaDow Block
LaDow Block was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 22, 1992. It is significant for its commerce, exploration/settlement and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Late Victorian and Italianate.
PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 71 MB · National Archives↗Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes
201--239 SE. Court Ave., Pendleton · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies
- 1LaDow BlockStart here
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Hamley and Company Leather Goods StoreLate Italianate Commercial · Built 1900 · next door - 3
Milarkey BuildingCommercial Italianate · next door - 4
US Post Office and CourthouseSecond Renaissance Revival · 0.1 mi on - 5
Empire BlockItalianate · next door
Johnson-Ellis HouseQueen Anne0.1miEdgar Sommerville HouseQueen Anne · Built 18990.1mi
Matlock-Brownfield BuildingItalianate · Built 19040.2mi
Masonic TempleHigh Victorian Italianate0.2mi
South Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictItalianate0.2miHendricks Building (K.O.T.M.)High Victorian Italianate · Built 18970.2miLate Victorian style, nearby
Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Late Victorian.
Memories of LaDow Block
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 77851332 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.