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Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. [4] The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census , an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
Location of Henry County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Henry County, Iowa.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Iowa, United States.
The Camp Harlan-Camp McKean Historic District, also known as the Hugh B. and Mary H. Swan Farmstead and the Springdale Stock Farm, is a nationally recognized historic district located northwest of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]
The first buildings used by Henry County government when it was organized in 1837 was a series of log cabins in Mount Pleasant. This was a typical practice of most counties in Iowa . [ 2 ] Plans for the first courthouse were accepted in June 1837, but construction of the 30-by-18-foot (9.1 by 5.5 m) structure was delayed and the building was ...
Built in 1854, the house was built for James Harlan who served as the college's president from 1853 to 1855 and again from 1869 to 1870. [2] Harlan was president when the school's name was changed from Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute to Iowa Wesleyan University.
The Former Mount Pleasant Public Library is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The library here was established in 1875. The library here was established in 1875. The community applied to Andrew Carnegie for a grant to build a new building, which was accepted on January 13, 1903.
The Dr. J.O. and Catherine Ball House is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States.In 1892 this was one of three houses designed by George F. Barber's mail-order architectural firm that was being built in town, and it was the most elaborate of the three. [2]
The Louisa Building is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Completed in 1901, this two story, brick structure features a transitional design between the Italianate , that had been popular here, and the Neoclassical that would replace it in popularity. [ 2 ]