# Hobson Block

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**Hobson Block** is a historic building in [West Union, Iowa](/source/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.[2] It was individually listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 2008.[1] In 2015 it was included as a [contributing property](/source/Contributing_property) in the [West Union Commercial Historic District](/source/West_Union_Commercial_Historic_District).[3]

## See also

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Iowa](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Fayette_County,_Iowa)

## References

1. Jan Olive Nash & Jennifer A. Price (January 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Hobson Block" (pdf). [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service) with

1. Janice Olive Full. ["National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: West Union Commercial Historic District"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190815014450/http://www.westunion.com/uploads/PDF_File_47493373.pdf). City of West Union. Archived from [the original](http://www.westunion.com/uploads/PDF_File_47493373.pdf) on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2016-10-11.

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