Highland Historic District (Waterloo, Iowa)


Highland Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

214 Highland Blvd.
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Location	Roughly bounded by Independence Ave. and Steely, Idaho, and Vine Sts., Waterloo, Iowa
Coordinates	42°30′01″N 92°18′42″W / 42.50028°N 92.31167°W / 42.50028; -92.31167Coordinates: 42°30′01″N 92°18′42″W / 42.50028°N 92.31167°W / 42.50028; -92.31167
Area	64 acres (26 ha)
Architect	Mortimer B. Cleveland
Architectural style	Colonial Revival American Craftsman
NRHP Reference #	84001209^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 1984

The Highland Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1] Because of industrial growth the city's population doubled between 1890 and 1900, and then again between 1900 and 1910.^[2] The housing development named the Highlands was developed during this period of economic growth. John Steely, a real estate broker, and Lewis Lichty, an attorney who owned the Waterloo Canning Company, bought the property known as sandhill in 1901, and opened an office for the Highland Land Company in the Century Building in 1905. The historic district is all residential buildings.^[2] The oldest house predates the development having been built in 1900. Otherwise construction began in the center of the district in 1908 and moved outward. By 1942 all but 15 houses were built. They are all frame construction with exteriors composed of wood, stucco, brick and stone. Styles popular in the district include Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and American Craftsman. Waterloo architect Mortimer B. Cleveland is responsible for designing at least 39 of the houses here. Chicago landscape architect Howard Evarts Weed designed the Square and boulevard plantings. This was Waterloo's first suburban residential development.^[2] It became the enclave for the city's industrial and professional elite in the first half of the 20th century.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 James E. Jacobsen. "Highland Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-30. with photos

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National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa
Cedar Falls	Black Hawk Hotel Cedar Falls Ice House Cedar Falls Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cedar Falls Post Office Cotton Theater James Newell Barn C.A. Rownd Round Barn Daniel and Margaret Wild House
Dunkerton	Dunkerton Bridge
Janesville	Round Barn, Washington Township
La Porte City	Chapple and Young Block Clement B. Gingrich House La Porte City Station August H.J. and Justena Lange Farmstead Historic District LaPorte City Town Hall and Fire Station John N. and Mary McQuilken House Syndicate Block Dr. Jesse Wasson Building
Raymond	William Waterfield House
Waterloo	Bennington No. 4 Black Hawk County Soldiers Memorial Hall Campbell Baking Company Chicago Great Western Railroad-Waterloo Freight Depot Dunsmore House Emerson School Fire Station No. 2 The Fowler Company Building Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Highland Historic District Hotel President Hotel Russell-Lamson Marsh-Place Building Master Service Station Overland Waterloo Company Building Rath Packing Company Administration Building Roosevelt Elementary School Rensselaer Russell House Snowden House Walnut Street Baptist Church Waterloo East Commercial Historic District Waterloo West Commercial Historic District Waterloo Masonic Temple Waterloo Public Library (West Branch) Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch Henry Weis House Whittier School YMCA Building
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Black Hawk County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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