Courthouse Square Historic District (West Plains, Missouri)

	Courthouse Square Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Howell County Courthouse, October 2015
Location	Roughly bounded by Broadway, Grove St., Court Sq. and Washington Ave., West Plains, Missouri
Coordinates	36°43′43″N 91°51′08″W / 36.72861°N 91.85222°W
Area	11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
Built	1881
Architect	Hawkins, Earl; Britton, L.H.
Architectural style	Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque, Late Gothic Revival, Art Deco
MPS	West Plains, Missouri MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000651
Added to NRHP	July 17, 2003

Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at West Plains, Howell County, Missouri. The district encompasses 46 contributing buildings in the central business district of West Plains. It developed between about 1881 and 1950 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Late Gothic Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Elledge Arcade Buildings, W. J. and Ed Smith Building, and West Plains Bank Building. Other notable buildings include the IOOF Building #2 (c. 1923), First Presbyterian Church (c. 1887, 1910, 1978), Howell County Courthouse (1937), Aid Hardware Building (1914-1915), W. N. Evans Building (c. 1892), J. R. Foster Building (c. 1929), Foster-Renfrew Building (c. 1919), Alsup, Risley & Skillman Block (c. 1887), Catron Opera House / Johnson Opera House (1893), IOOF Building / J. R. Galloway Building (1896), Evans Theatre (c. 1899, 1913), W. J. Zorn Building, #1/Howell County Gazette Building (1911-1912), West Plains Fire Department/City Hall (1917), and Avenue Theatre (1950).^[2]