Historical Plaque Nominations

Lamp Post Plaque Guidelines –  Click Here to Download

Lamp Post Plaque Application – Click HERE to download or Click HERE to fill it out online.

LAMP POST PLAQUES PROGRAM
Jefferson, Iowa

Guidelines

The mission of the Lamp Post Plaques Program is to recognize historically significant people, places, and events in our community and to educate the public about them.
History and Introduction

Funding, donated by individuals and budgeted by the city, was secured for this project. It was decided the installation of historical plaques would be completed after the streetscape was finished. The Promotion and Design committees of Jefferson Matters: Main Street, working with the City of Jefferson, the Greene County Board of Supervisors, the Greene Co. Historical Society, and several interested individuals, were charged with completing this project in the fall of 2013. The city is responsible for the installation and maintenance of any plaques chosen and installed on city property. The county is responsible for the installation and maintenance of any plaques chosen and installed on county property surrounding and including the Nationally Historic Greene County Courthouse. The number of plaques approved each year is tied directly to the level of funding provided by the city of Jefferson, Greene County, and any further public donations received.

Subject of Historical Markers
• The Lamp Post Plaques Program committee encourages applications on subjects of historically significant people, places and events in Jefferson’s history. Historic structures are more adequately recognized by state or national historic preservation organizations, such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation and are not intended to be marked through the Lamp Post Plaque Program.
• Unless there is sufficient documentary evidence to establish authenticity without question, no “firsts” will be marked.
• The Lamp Post Plaque Program is not intended to be used to erect monuments. Overly adulatory language that departs in any way from any objective and dispassionate recounting of the historically documented facts will not be approved.
• Plaques with people as the subject are considered only when the subject has been deceased for at least twenty-five years.
• Plaques recognizing events are considered only when the event in unique and took place at least twenty-five years prior to the date of the application. Buildings, sites, or other structures should be at least fifty years old in order to be considered for a plaque.
• Adequate vetting of the person or event will be done with historical documentation by a sub group of the Lamp Post Plaque committee.

Objectives

It is anticipated that these guidelines will help both private and public projects preserve and enhance the form, scale, and visual character that make Jefferson unique. These design guidelines have been created to achieve the following objectives:

1. To ensure that all plaques within the historic district are compatible with the special character of Jefferson and Greene County’s historic past.

2. To help convey the sense of excitement and vitality envisioned for the historic district.

3. Encourage plaques which, by their appropriate design, are integrated with and harmonious to the surroundings of the business district square.

4. Preserve and improve the appearance of the City as an historic community in which to live and work.

5. To promote plaque placement as pedestrian oriented rather than automotive, which is consistent with the historic character.

6. Ensure that the installation of a plaque does not damage the historic fabric, nor detract from the historic character of the Jefferson business district square or the Greene County Courthouse.

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Calendar

November 2024

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
  • Java and Juice + Ribbon Cutting @ Root of Beauty
  • "When Electricity Came to Greene County"
  • "Disaster at 39,000 Feet" Enfys McMurry
  • Pheasants Forever Annual Banquet
2
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Dia de los Muertos
3
  • Bomgaars Ladies Night
  • Ladies' Night at Bomgaars
4
  • Toddler Storytime
5
  • BPO Does Election Day Soup Luncheon
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
6
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
7
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
8
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Jingle Journey
  • Oh! What Fun - Holiday Open Houses
  • Country Blessings: Holiday Hoopla
  • Ancestry After Hours (Ages 18+)
  • Greene County High School: Night Chills
  • Greene County High School: Night Chills
9
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Jingle Journey
  • Country Blessings: Holiday Hoopla
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Tannenbaum Table Runner
10
  • A Talk by: Jacob Fernolz
11
  • Veterans Day Breakfast
  • VFW Ice Cream Social
12
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
13
  • Big Acai Bowls
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Teen Scary Movie Night
14
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
  • Greene County Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged
15
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Best Practices for Wintering Trees
  • Java & Juice at GCP Iowa
  • Rotary Auction
  • Greene County Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged
16
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Jefferson Fall Spectacular
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Macrame Ornament Workshop
  • Greene County Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged
  • Teen Night Out with Board Games, Sports, and Snacks
17
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Ekphrasis
18
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Dino-vermber Day
  • Toddler Storytime
  • Can You Dig It? Dinosaur Program
19
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
20
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Teen Book Club
21
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
22
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Holiday Open House- Greene Goods
  • Java and Juice: Winter Festival
  • Fourth Friday Fireside: Chad Elliot
23
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Holiday Open House- Greene Goods
24
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Holiday Open House- Greene Goods
25
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
26
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
27
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
28
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
29
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
30
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open