Market Square in

Miamisburg, Ohio Miamisburg ( ) is a city in southern Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,923 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Dayton, it is part of the Dayton metropolitan area. Named after the Miami people, Miamisburg is known for its ...

is a square located at the intersection of Central Avenue and Main Street. It is also the name of a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

including the square and more, that was listed on the

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in 1975. A date of significance for the location is 1850. The district includes Second Empire,

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...

, and Queen Anne in 50

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic dist ...

. The Market Building, on the square, is a simple building with

Greek Revival architecture Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

elements, built in 1851. It originally had an open ground floor with arched openings, used as a public marketplace. The arched openings were later bricked in and used as a police station and jail. The district includes buildings on both sides of Main Street, including at the junction with Central Avenue and at the junction at Linden Avenue.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Second Empire architecture in Ohio Queen Anne architecture in Ohio Italianate architecture in Ohio Houses in Montgomery County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Ohio Squares in Ohio Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio {{MontgomeryCountyOH-NRHP-stub