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The tower dominates not only the district, but Jefferson as well. Planning for the tower began before World War II . The Modern Movement , limestone sheathed, structure stands on the southwest corner of the courthouse square, and rises 168 feet (51 m) to an enclosed viewing platform and open-air 14-bell carillon . [ 2 ]
The Greene County Courthouse, located in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, was built in 1918. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. [1] In 2011, it was included as a contributing property in the Jefferson Square Commercial Historic District. [2]
The historic district includes 65 properties that were part of a 2012 to 2013 survey of the area. It also includes as contributing properties the buildings in the West Jefferson Street Historic District and three buildings in the Manufacturing and Wholesale Historic District that were previously listed on the National Register. All total there ...
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Jefferson is a city in, and the county seat of Greene County, Iowa, [4] United States, along the North Raccoon River. The population was 4,182 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is the home of the Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower, 168 feet (51 m) tall, located on the town square, and visible for miles.
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