page_title: Clinton, Iowa
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Clinton, Iowa / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Clinton County Courthouse, National Register of Historic Places
context_page_description: Clinton is a city in, and the county seat of, Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26,885 as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, was named in honor of the sixth governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is coterminous with Clinton County. Clinton was incorporated on January 26, 1857.
context_section_description: National Historic Landmark
  The Van Allen Building, a National Historic Landmark designed by Louis Sullivan, was completed in 1914
  Buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
  Clinton County Courthouse, constructed from 1892-1897 by architects Stanley Mansfield and Josiah Rice in Romanesque Revival style.  Exterior walls are of red sandstone and granite and the tower is of copper which has weathered to a bright green color. Noted architect Claire Allen from Jackson, Michigan also worked on this building.
  Clinton Public Library, financed by Andrew Carnegie and built 1903-1904 from the design of the Chicago architectural firm of Patton & Miller. Beaux Arts Neoclassica; style with a monumental entry with processional steps and flanking paired columns. Symmetry of design and borrowings of Greek and Roman inspired elements complete the composition.  Exterior walls of cut and dressed limestone.
  Lafayette Lamb House (YWCA), constructed in 1877 by architect W.W. Sanborn and rebuilt in 1906.  Originally built in the Second Empire style, the 1906 'modernization' converted it to more of the Georgian Revival style.
  City National Bank (First National Bank), designed by John Morrell & Son in the Neoclassical style and constructed in 1911-1912
  Howes Building, constructed in 1900 for Edward Madison Howes by architect Josiah Rice in Renaissance Revival style, featuring engaged pilasters with Ionic capitals.  The exterior street facades of the building are of red face brick with decorative accents of red terracotta.  The fourth floor added in 1905 by architect John Morrell.
  Ankeny Building, constructed in 1930, designed by Chicago architect Harold Holmes in "Moderne" or Art Deco style.  The building street facades are clad with cream-colored terracotta panels.  Upper story windows are steel and glass in a stylized "Chicago window" expression.  The Clinton Herald Monday December 8, 1930 p. 8, The Clinton Herald Saturday December 13, 1930 p. 5, The Clinton Herald Monday December 15, 1930 p. 16, The Clinton Herald Tuesday December 30, 1930 p. 5, The Clinton Herald Tuesday, January 6, 1931 p. 5, The Clinton Herald Thursday, January 8, 1931 p. 5, The Clinton Herald Thursday May 21, 1931 p. 11.
  Moeszinger-Marquis (Armstrong) Building, designed by Josiah Rice and constructed in 1891 by William Bentley for the Clinton Produce Company.  In 1907 the Baldwin Bros. acquired the building for its wholesale hardware business, which in turn passed to its successor company, the Moeszinger-Marquis Hardware Company in 1912.  In 1941 the building was acquired by R.W. Armstrong, who also conducted a wholesale hardware business from the premises.
  George M. Curtis Mansion (Women's Club), constructed in Queen Anne style in 1883-1884
  Castle Terrace Historic District, Originally platted in 1892.  The project was a promotional effort to show developers, architects, and builders the application and products of the Curtis Company.  The architectural design is highly eclectic, with Tudor Gothic the primary style utilized. 
  Cherry Bank, Built 1870–1871, the Dr. A.L. Ankeny/Lindmeier/Cottral house is two stories high with walls of red brick with buff-colored brick used for quoins at the corners and for the window arches.  A cornice, hip roof, and widow's walk cap the building
  Saint Irenaeus Church, was designed by W.W. Sanborn and was constructed from 1864–1871.  The parish was found in 1852 in Lyons.  It merged with the other four Clinton parishes in 1990 to form Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish.  The parish continued to use the St. Irenaeus Church building until 2008 when a new church was built near the Mill Creek Parkway.
caption: The Clinton County Courthouse, National Register of Historic Places
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