Bentonsport is a 35 acres (14.2 ha) historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 in Van Buren County, Iowa, in the area of Keosauqua, Iowa

Keosauqua, Iowa

Keosauqua is a city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,066 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Van Buren County.-History:...

, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1972.

It dates from 1839. It includes Federal

Federal architecture

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...

, Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

, and "Steamboat Gothic architecture.

Historic uses of one or more properties in the district include use as a department store, as a specialty store, as a school, as a single dwelling and as a religious structure.

As a promotional term, the area calls itself "Bentonsport National Historic District".