Kimballton Commercial District

Historic district in Iowa, United States

United States historic place


Kimballton Commercial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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Location	Junction of Alfred and Main Sts., Kimballton, Iowa
Coordinates	41°37′44″N 95°04′22″W / 41.62889°N 95.07278°W / 41.62889; -95.07278
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Architect	T.G. Jensen et al.
Architectural style	Italianate Romanesque Revival Queen Anne
MPS	Ethnic Historic Settlement of Shelby and Audubon Counties MPS
NRHP reference No.	95001016
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1995

The Kimballton Commercial District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Kimballton, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 34 resources, including 26 contributing buildings and 8 non-contributing buildings. The district covers parts of four blocks of the central business district. The commercial buildings are mostly masonry structures constructed with locally produced bricks and concrete blocks. Eleven of the buildings are frame construction. The buildings are from one to two stories in height, and Late Victorian architectural styles dominate. Because of the hilly terrain, buildings on one side of Main Street have exposed basements, while those on the other side of street are built into the side of a hill. The Bennedsen, Boldt, and Hansen Building is individually listed on the National Register.

Danish immigrants were central to settling the town. Decorative elements that call attention to the Danish presence include scalloped concrete cornice moldings on three of the buildings, and a swastika that decorated a bank building at one time. The arrival of the Atlantic Northern Railroad in 1908 lead to brief period of economic expansion in the town that culminated in a peak in commercial building construction in 1918. An agricultural depression in the 1920s and decline in rail usage for transporting goods to and from the area led to a general decline in the town. For the most part the older buildings were maintained rather than new construction. The town hall, however, was built in 1942 by the Works Progress Administration to replace the opera house, which had been torn down.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Leah D. Rogers. "Kimballton Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved August 16, 2016. with photos

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Audubon	Audubon County Court House Audubon County Home Historic District Ross Grain Elevator
Brayton	Andrew P. Hansen Farmstead
Exira	Audubon County Courthouse John D. Bush House
Kimballton	Bennedsen, Boldt, and Hansen Building Bethany Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Immanuel Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Hans J. Jorgensen Barn Kimballton Commercial District Kimballton West 2nd – West 3rd Street Residential District Hans M. Koch House Jens T. Larsen House
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Audubon County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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