The Chariton Herald-Patriot Building is located in Chariton, Iowa, United States. This is the earliest known building designed by Local architect

William L. Perkins William L. Perkins (died 1957) was an American architect of Chariton, Iowa. His career is documented in a National Park Service study, "Architectural Career of William L. Perkins in Iowa:1917-1957 MPS".http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregadvancedsearc ...

, who had arrived in town the year before the building was completed in 1918. with The two-story hydro-stone block structure features a three

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

, symmetrical facade, a simple classical

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

, and simple pilasters on the first floor with plain

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that divide the bays. The significance of the hydro-stone, which is a type of concrete block, is its use as a then new building material. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. In 2014 it was included as a

contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...

in the

Lucas County Courthouse Square Historic District Lucas County Courthouse Square Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Chariton, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. At the time of its nomination the dist ...

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Commercial buildings completed in 1918 Chariton, Iowa Neoclassical architecture in Iowa Buildings and structures in Lucas County, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Lucas County, Iowa Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub