BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Caledonia Public Square and North Water Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1913.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by North Water St., railroad tracks and North Street, High Street, and Public Square, Caledonia
- When was it listed? October 2023
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 100009463 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1913 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caledonia Public Square and North Water Street Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1913 USGS Mount Gilead quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Mount Gilead quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Mount Gilead quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple and Masonic Block Buildings | 0.2 miles | 2021 | |
 | Caledonia Bowstring Bridge | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
| Marion Women's Club Home | 7.7 miles | 2019 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009463 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.