Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District

{{short description|Historic district in Iowa, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Harlan iowa.jpg

| caption =

| location = Market, 6th, 7th, and Court Sts., around Courthouse Sq.
Harlan, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|39|30|N|95|19|04|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location for Harlan Courthouse Swuare Historic District

| built = 1882

| architect = C.E. Bell, et al.

| architecture = Italianate
Queen Anne
Romanesque Revival

| area = {{convert|6.8|acre}}

| added = September 23, 1994

| mpsub =

| refnum = 94001099{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Harlan, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 54 resources, including 38 contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing object, 13 noncontributing buildings, and one noncontributing object.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=94001099}}|title=Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District|accessdate=2016-06-05|publisher=National Park Service|author=Leah Rogers}} with {{NRHP url|id=94001099|photos=y|title=20 photos from c. 1994}} Cross-shaped in plan, the historic district covers most of the city's central business district in the original town plat. Most of the buildings are two-story, brick, commercial buildings. Commercial Italianate and Queen Anne styles are dominant. The Shelby County Courthouse (1893) is a stone Richardsonian Romanesque structure. The courthouse square block and the four surrounding half blocks and rear alleys constitute the contributing site. The Soldier's Monument on the square is the contributing object, and the POW/MIA Monument is the noncontributing object because of its more recent construction.