Hobson Block

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Hobson Block

| nrhp_type = indcp

| nocat = yes

| partof = West Union Commercial Historic District

| partof_refnum = 15000191

| image = The Hobson Block.jpg

| caption =

| location = 110–114 S. Vine St.
West Union, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|42|57|40|N|91|48|29|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa

| area = less than 1 acre

| built = 1885

| architect = Edward Easton

| architecture = Late Victorian

| added = November 7, 2008{{NRISref|2009a}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500811|title=Iowa's Main Street Commercial Architecture MPS}}

| refnum = 08001042

}}

Hobson Block is a historic building in West Union, Iowa, United States. The brick and stone building was designed by local architect Edward Easton in the Late Victorian style to rebuild the town after its original wooden structures were destroyed by fire in May 1885.{{Cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Hobson Block|url={{NRHP url|id=08001042}}|format=pdf|date=January 2008 |author1=Jan Olive Nash|author2=Jennifer A. Price|publisher=National Park Service}} with {{NRHP url|id=08001042|photos=y|title=photos}} It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. In 2015 it was included as a contributing property in the West Union Commercial Historic District.{{cite web|url=http://www.westunion.com/uploads/PDF_File_47493373.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: West Union Commercial Historic District|accessdate=2016-10-11|publisher=City of West Union|author=Janice Olive Full|archive-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815014450/http://www.westunion.com/uploads/PDF_File_47493373.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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