Walnut Street Historic District (Springfield, Missouri)

Coordinates: 37°12′24″N 93°15′59″W / 37.20667°N 93.26639°W / 37.20667; -93.26639
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Walnut Street Historic District
Walnut Street Historic District (Springfield, Missouri) is located in Missouri
Walnut Street Historic District (Springfield, Missouri)
Walnut Street Historic District (Springfield, Missouri) is located in the United States
Walnut Street Historic District (Springfield, Missouri)
LocationRoughly bounded by McDaniel, Walnut, and Elm Sts. and the Sherman Parkway; also roughly along E. Walnut St. in the 700 and 800 blocks, Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates37°12′24″N 93°15′59″W / 37.20667°N 93.26639°W / 37.20667; -93.26639
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1870
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleItalianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.85000623, 02000833 (Boundary Increase)[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1985, October 19, 2001 (Boundary Decrease), August 5, 2002 (Boundary Increase)

The Walnut Street Historic District is a national historic district located in Springfield, Missouri, United States. The district encompasses more than 150 one and two story frame, brick, cast-stone, or stone dwellings in a thirteen block area. The district includes parts of East Walnut Street, East Elm Street, East McDaniel Street, Cordova Court, South Hampton Avenue, South Florence Avenue, and South National Avenue. The district developed between about 1870 and 1940, with 21 buildings surviving from before 1900, and 59 buildings dating between 1901 and 1910.[2][3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary decrease in 2001 and boundary increase in 2002.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ David Denman (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Street Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 1, 2016. (includes 43 photographs from 1983) and Site map
  3. ^ Richard Lee Burton (April 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease)" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 1, 2016. (includes 22 photographs from 2000)
  4. ^ Richard Lee Burton (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 1, 2016. (includes 15 photographs from 2002)