List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

This complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa leads all objects and sites in the US state of Iowa , which in this US state as a National Historic Landmark classified (NHL) and under the supervision of the National Park Service are. These buildings, districts, objects and other sites meet certain criteria with regard to their national importance. This list leads the objects according to the official designations in the National Register of Historic Places .

Legend

NHL	National Historic Landmark
NHLD	National Historic Landmark District

Current NHLs in Iowa

	Name of the site	image	year	place	county	description
1	Amana Colonies		June 23, 1965	Middle Amana	Iowa	Parish of Amana Villages , old and modern.
2	Blood Run Site		August 29, 1970	Granite, IA and Shindlar, SD	Lyon, IA and Lincoln, SD	This archaeological site is partially located in the state of South Dakota .
3	Grenville M. Dodge House		05th November 1961	Council Bluffs 41 ° 15 '18.5 "  N , 95 ° 50' 53.3"  W.	Pottawattamy	Home of Grenville M. Dodge .
4th	Dubuque County Jail		May 28, 1987	Dubuque 42 ° 30 '5.5 "  N , 90 ° 39' 52.9"  W.	Dubuque County	The city's old prison.
5	The Farm House (Knapp-Wilson House)		July 19, 1964	Ames 42 ° 1 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 93 ° 38 ′ 32 ″  W.	story	Home of teacher Seagram A. Knapp and US Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson , now an Iowa State University campus .
6th	Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School		May 30, 1974	Des Moines	Polk	Former training facility for African American officers in World War I.
7th	GEORGE M. VERITY (tugboat)		December 20, 1989	Keokuk 40 ° 23 '28.6 "  N , 91 ° 22' 21"  W.	lee	One of the three remaining steam-powered tugs in the United States; this ship was operating on the upper Mississippi.
8th	William P. Hepburn House		0December 8, 1976	Clarinda 40 ° 44 '28.7 "  N , 95 ° 2' 7.9"  W.	page	Home of William P. Hepburn .
9	Reverend George B. Hitchcock House		February 17, 2006	Lewis	Cass	Home of George B. Hitchcock .
10	Herbert Hoover Birthplace		June 23, 1965	West Branch	Cedar	The two-room building is the birthplace of Herbert Hoover , the 31st President of the United States.
11	Indian Village Site (Witrock)		July 19, 1964	Sutherland	O'Brien	An archaeological site.
12	LONE STAR ( tugboat )		December 20, 1989	LeClaire 41 ° 36 ′ 19.3 "  N , 90 ° 19 ′ 43.2"  W.	Scott	tractor
13	Merchants' National Bank		07th January 1976	Grinnell 41 ° 44 '32.2 "  N , 92 ° 43' 32.9"  W.	Poweshiek	A former bank building designed by Louis Sullivan .
14th	Julien Dubuque's Mines		04th November 1993	Dubuque	Dubuque County	Historic district with the tomb of Julien Dubuque and the archaeological site with the region's early mines.
15th	Iowa Old Capitol		07th January 1976	Iowa City 41 ° 39 ′ 33.9 ″  N , 91 ° 32 ′ 8.3 ″  W.	Johnson	One of five buildings in Pentacrest .
16	Phipps site		July 19, 1964	Cherokee	Cherokee	An archaeological site.
17th	SERGEANT FLOYD (tugboat)		0May 5th 1989	Sioux City 42 ° 29 ′ 57.4 "  N , 96 ° 28 ′ 21.1"  W.	Woodbury	One of only three steam-powered tugs still in existence in the United States
18th	Sergeant Floyd Monument		June 30, 1960	Sioux City 42 ° 27 ′ 38.4 "  N , 96 ° 22 ′ 39.1"  W.	Woodbury	Memorial to the only member of the 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition to die during the trip. This is the very first National Historic Landmark .
19th	Terrace Hill		July 31, 2003	Des Moines	Polk	The governor's mansion on a hill in what is now downtown Des Moines, Iowa .
20th	Toolesboro Mound Group		May 23, 1966	Toolesboro	Louisa	Area with several mounds .
21st	Van Allen Building		07th January 1976	Clinton 41 ° 50 '28.4 "  N , 90 ° 11' 17.6"  W.	Clinton	By Louis Sullivan -designed building, now it houses apartments and businesses.
22nd	James B. Weaver House		May 15, 1975	Bloomfield 40 ° 45 '11.2 "  N , 92 ° 24' 44"  W.	Davis	Home of James B. Weaver
23	WILLIAM M. BLACK (excavator)		April 27, 1992	Dubuque 42 ° 29 '37.1 "  N , 90 ° 39' 37.4"  W.	Dubuque	US Corps of Engineers side wheel shovel excavator
24	Woodbury County Courthouse		June 19, 1996	Sioux City	Woodbury	Old Prairie School style courthouse .

Former Iowa NHLs

• President (steamship) formerly based in Davenport , Iowa , relocated to Mississippi and later to Alton, Illinois .

National Park Service areas in Iowa

• Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (also an NHL, above)

See also

• National Register of Historic Places in Iowa

Web links

Commons : National Historic Landmarks of Iowa  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State - Iowa (24) ( English , PDF; 21 kB) National Park Service. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
• National Historic Landmarks Program - National Park Service

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Park Service: National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers ( English ) Retrieved on 21 September, 2008.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa . National Park Service , accessed October 26, 2017.
3. ^ ^{A b} National Park Service: National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database . Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2008.