Midtown Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. The district encompasses 527 contributing buildings, 7 contributing sites, and 5 contributing objects in a predominantly residential section of St. Charles. It developed between about 1838 and 1959, and includes representative examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Folk Victorian, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed African Church and Oliver L. and Catherine Link House. Other notable buildings include the St. Charles County Courthouse, Benton School (1896), St. John's A.M.E. Church (1872), Immanuel Lutheran Church (1867), Jefferson Street Presbyterian Church, Fourth Street Market Grocery (1926-1927), West End Grocery and Meat Market (c. 1900), Dr. Ludwell Powell House (1838), Rogers-Ehrhard House (1856, 1866), Waye Monument Company and Residence (1889), Meyer House, Kaemmerlen House, and Elsner House.[2]
Midtown Neighborhood Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Clark, Madison, Jefferson, Kingshighway, 2nd & 3rd Sts., St. Charles, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°47′00″N 90°29′00″W / 38.78333°N 90.48333°W |
| Area | 125.4 acres (50.7 ha) |
| Built | 1838 |
| Architect | Legg, Jerome; Pelligreen, Nicholas; Thompson, J.W.; Stumberg, Johann Heinrich; et al. |
| Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque, Folk Victorian, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000885[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 2014 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/27/14 through 10/31/14. National Park Service. November 7, 2014.
- ^ Brenda Rubach (April 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Midtown Neighborhood Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 27 photographs from 2013)