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Centerville is a city in and the county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. [3] The population was 5,412 in the 2020 census, a decline from 5,924 in 2000. [4] After the turn of the 20th century Centerville's coal mining industry attracted European immigrants from Sweden, Italy, Croatia, and Albania. [5]
The Courthouse Square Historic District in Centerville, Iowa, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 through the efforts of the Centerville Historic Preservation Commission. The district consists of an area centered on the town square and bounded by Van Buren Street, Haynes Avenue, Maple Street and 10th Street.
The first true courthouse was a 24-by-20-foot (7.3 by 6.1 m) structure built in 1848 for $160 in Centerville. [4] After the county outgrew this building, court sessions were held in the Methodist and Presbyterian churches while another courthouse was built. It was a two-story, brick building built for $23,000. [3]
The Vermilion Estate is a historic building located in Centerville, Iowa, United States. W.F. Vermilion was a native of Kentucky who settled in Iowa after earning his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago. He served as a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Thomas Cooper Evans (May 26, 1924 – December 22, 2005) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district.First elected to Congress in a close race amidst a Republican landslide, in a district that became less Republican through reapportionment, Evans defied expectations by winning re-election by increasingly large margins.
Second Baptist Church is an historic church building located in Centerville, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
Stratton House is a historic residence located in Centerville, Iowa, United States. The 1½-story brick house exhibits aspects of the Gothic Revival style, especially in its plan, steeply pitched gables and bargeboard trim. [2] It was built by Jonathan F. Stratton.
At that time, the college was moved back to the third floor of the high school, and the Dean's office was located there, was well. In the early 1960s the college moved to the 3rd floor of the Iowa Southern Utilities Building on the northeast corner of the Centerville Courthouse Square Historic District. In the fall of 1963, the former Bradley ...