Ozark Courthouse Square Historic District (Ozark, Missouri)
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The Ozark Courthouse Square Historic District 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 Ozark, Christian County, Missouri. It encompasses 19
contributing buildings 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 distric ...
in a area 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 Ozark. The central feature of the district, the Christian County Courthouse, is a three-story, Classical Revival style brick building designed by architect Henry H. Hohenschild. Other notable buildings include the Bank of Ozark/Masonic Lodge (1897), First Baptist Church (1919), Methodist Episcopal Church (1914), Robertson Brothers’ Store (1882), Ozark Drug (1905), Works Progress Administration Community Building (1934), Hospital (c. 1945), and Christian County Bank (c. 1886, 1910 façade). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.


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Works Progress Administration in Missouri Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Neoclassical architecture in Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Christian County, Missouri Buildings and structures in Christian County, Missouri {{ChristianCountyMO-NRHP-stub