The Invisible Man was based on a H. G. Wells short story.
The Northwood Commercial Historic District encompasses most of the central business district along four blocks of Central Avenue in Northwood , Iowa , United States .. central business district. central business district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 .. National Register of Historic Places. National Register of Historic Places. The historic district includes 59 properties .. historic district. Historic districts in the United States. It includes , as contributing properties , 40 buildings , one site , one structure , and three objects .. contributing properties. contributing properties. buildings. National Register of Historic Places property types#Building. site. National Register of Historic Places property types#Site. structure. National Register of Historic Places property types#Structure. objects. National Register of Historic Places property types#Object. There are also 14 buildings that are non-contributing .. buildings. National Register of Historic Places property types#Building. The district contains both frame and brick structures that are from one to three stories tall .. Significant structures were built in the Queen Anne and Italianate styles .. Queen Anne. Queen Anne architecture. Italianate. Italianate architecture. Most of the buildings in the historic district were builder / contractor designed .. historic district. Historic districts in the United States. buildings. National Register of Historic Places property types#Building. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries local builders H. Quandahl and James McQuarrie are associated with commercial construction .. A few buildings , however , were the designs of trained architects .. buildings. National Register of Historic Places property types#Building. The Holland-Haraldson Block and the Odd Fellows-Erickson Block , were designed respectively by St. Paul , Minnesota architects Omeyer & Thori and J.L. Rood .. Rood may have been designed the Index Building as well .. The Emery Building was designed by Glenn L. Saxton and Hans Enger , who also had an office in St. Paul .. The site is its location adjacent to a bend on the north shore of the Shell Rock River .. site. National Register of Historic Places property types#Site. Shell Rock River. Shell Rock River. A staircase pathway that leads to flanking stone piers along the river are the contributing structure and one of the objects .. structure. National Register of Historic Places property types#Structure. objects. National Register of Historic Places property types#Object. The L.T. Dillon Clock and the Haugen Water Fountain are the other two contributing objects .. objects. National Register of Historic Places property types#Object