Greenfield, Iowa

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Greenfield, Iowa

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The area surrounding Greenfield was settled in 1854.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hX4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 | title=History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1 | publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company | author=Kilburn, Lucian Moody | year=1915 | pages=92}} The plan for the town of Greenfield was designed in 1856, after Milton C. Munger purchased the land that the town would be built on. Munger is responsible for the design of Greenfield's unique Lancaster-style town square, and the city park located at Grant and NE Second Street was also included in the original plat. Greenfield is named after [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]].{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n142 143]}} Greenfield became the county seat in 1875,{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7355|title= Profile for Greenfield, Iowa, IA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= August 30, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190515084431/http://epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7355|archive-date= May 15, 2019|url-status= dead}} after battling out nearby Fontanelle for the title.{{cite web|title=History of Greenfield|url=http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/History.htm|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319072945/http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/History.htm|archive-date=March 19, 2012}} The city was incorporated on May 22, 1876.{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Greenfield-Iowa.html |title= Greenfield, Iowa |publisher= City-Data.com |access-date=August 30, 2012}}
The area surrounding Greenfield was settled in 1854.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hX4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 | title=History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1 | publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company | author=Kilburn, Lucian Moody | year=1915 | pages=92}} The plan for the town of Greenfield was designed in 1856, after Milton C. Munger purchased the land that the town would be built on. Munger is responsible for the design of Greenfield's unique Lancaster-style town square, and the city park located at Grant and NE Second Street was also included in the original plat. Greenfield is named after [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]].{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n142 143]}} Greenfield became the county seat in 1875,{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7355|title= Profile for Greenfield, Iowa, IA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= August 30, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190515084431/http://epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7355|archive-date= May 15, 2019|url-status= dead}} after battling out nearby Fontanelle for the title.{{cite web|title=History of Greenfield|url=http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/History.htm|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319072945/http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/History.htm|archive-date=March 19, 2012}} The city was incorporated on May 22, 1876.{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Greenfield-Iowa.html |title= Greenfield, Iowa |publisher= City-Data.com |access-date=August 30, 2012}}


Greenfield is home to four entries on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the E. E. Warren Opera House listed in 1979;{{Cite web |title=Iowa SP Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338197 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}} the Adair County Courthouse, listed in 1981;{{Cite web |title=Iowa MPS Adair County Courthouse |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75335907 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}} the Adair County Democrat/Adair County Free Press building, listed 2011;{{Cite web |title=Iowa SP Adair County Democrat--Adair County Free Press Building |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338203 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}} and Hotel Greenfield, listed 2011.{{Cite web |title=Iowa SP Hotel Greenfield |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338199 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}}
Greenfield is home to four entries on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the Warren Opera House listed in 1979;{{Cite web |title=Iowa SP Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338197 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}} the Adair County Courthouse, listed in 1981;{{Cite web |title=Iowa MPS Adair County Courthouse |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75335907 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}} the Adair County Democrat/Adair County Free Press building, listed 2011;{{Cite web |title=Iowa SP Adair County Democrat--Adair County Free Press Building |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338203 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}} and Hotel Greenfield, listed 2011.{{Cite web |title=Iowa SP Hotel Greenfield |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338199 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=National Park Service}}


The Free press building is 19th-century Commercial in style, with Romanesque features on its façade. It was erected in 1903 by Edwin J. Sidey and his father John S. Sidey, founders of the Adair County Democrat in 1889, later the [[Adair County Free Press Building|Adair County Free Press]]. Edwin's son Kenneth (1895–1976) and grandson Edwin J. Sidey (1925–2008) succeeded as publishers and editors. Well-known White House reporter for [[Time (magazine)|Time]] and [[Life (magazine)|Life]] and author [[Hugh Sidey]] (1927–2005), brother of Edwin J., was also closely associated over time with the family's journalism and photojournalism legacies. Publisher/Editor Linda E. Sidey, widow of Edwin J., relocated the newspaper business and its associated photo gallery to 141 Public Square in December 2010, after the press had been removed in 1997.{{Cite web |date=1997-04-08 |title=Published and perished |url=https://time.com/archive/6731230/published-and-perished/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Time}}
The Free press building is 19th-century Commercial in style, with Romanesque features on its façade. It was erected in 1903 by Edwin J. Sidey and his father John S. Sidey, founders of the Adair County Democrat in 1889, later the [[Adair County Free Press Building|Adair County Free Press]]. Edwin's son Kenneth (1895–1976) and grandson Edwin J. Sidey (1925–2008) succeeded as publishers and editors. Well-known White House reporter for [[Time (magazine)|Time]] and [[Life (magazine)|Life]] and author [[Hugh Sidey]] (1927–2005), brother of Edwin J., was also closely associated over time with the family's journalism and photojournalism legacies. Publisher/Editor Linda E. Sidey, widow of Edwin J., relocated the newspaper business and its associated photo gallery to 141 Public Square in December 2010, after the press had been removed in 1997.{{Cite web |date=1997-04-08 |title=Published and perished |url=https://time.com/archive/6731230/published-and-perished/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Time}}
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