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address: historic name:Independence Historic District
Independence, Polk County current/other names:
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:[District] twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:8S 4W 28
resource type:District height (stories): total elig resources:159 total inelig resources:98
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1896 second date:1940 date indiv listed:03/01/1989
primary orig use: Other orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type: architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
There are 265 total tax lots within this district, which includes 22 vacant lots which are not listed in the database. This leaves 243 major resources listed. The resource count of 159 EC and 98 NC includes auxiliary buildings not listed individually. Of the major resources listed, there are 148 EC and 95 NC.
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Independence Historic District Listed Historic District 03/01/1989 1989
NR date listed: 03/01/1989
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s): None
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
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