New Franklin Commercial Historic District, also known as Downtown New Franklin, is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at New Franklin,

Howard County, Missouri Howard County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri, with its southern border formed by the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,151. Its county seat is Fayette. The county was organized January 23, 1816, and named ...

. The district encompasses 19 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of New Franklin. It developed between about 1894 and 1931 and includes representative examples of Queen Anne and

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the John B. and Logie R. Fleet House (c. 1895), U.S. Post Office (c. 1911), Home Electric Company Office (c. 1911), Carpenter and White Building (c. 1910), Bethke's German Cash Store (1909), Citizen's Bank (1894), and

Santa Fe Trail The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, th ...

Marker (1913). (includes 16 photographs from 2012) It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2013.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Romanesque Revival architecture in Missouri Queen Anne architecture in Missouri Buildings and structures in Howard County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Missouri {{HowardCountyMO-NRHP-stub