North Grand Avenue Residential Historic District is a nationally recognized

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 in Spencer, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. At the time of its nomination, the district consisted of 118 resources, including 96

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, one

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, 12 noncontributing buildings, and two noncontributing structures. The district is an 11 block area north of the city's

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 ...

. North Grand is a tree-lined street divided by a landscaped boulevard and features Art Deco light fixtures. Its design was influenced by the City Beautiful movement. The thoroughfare carries U.S. Route 71/ 18 traffic. The contributing buildings are houses, garages, and four churches. Architectural styles found here are Queen Anne,

Victorian Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ...

, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival,

American Four Square The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian and other Revival styles popular throughout the last ...

, Tudor Revival,

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...

, and

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

. Many of the buildings are architect-designed. One of the houses in the district, the

Adams-Higgins House The Adams-Higgins House is a historic home in Spencer, Iowa, United States. It is located at 1215 Grand Avenue. The home is also referred to as the ''Higgins House'' or ''Higgins Mansion''. The house is architecturally unusual because it was b ...

(1884, 1912), was individually listed on the National Register in 1984.

References

Spencer, Iowa Victorian architecture in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Iowa Historic districts in Clay County, Iowa Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa {{ClayCountyIA-NRHP-stub