Buffalo County
John J. and Lenora Bartlett House [BF05-151] Listed 2007/12/27
Located in Kearney, the John J. and Lenora Bartlett House was built in the Kenwood neighborhood which was a development of the Kearney Land & Investment Company. Constructed in 1888, this house is a well-preserved example of residential Queen Anne architecture, a style that was popular from approximately 1880-1910. The style was just beginning to gain prominence in Nebraska during the period in which the house was built.
Cass County
Captain John O'Rourke House [CC14-098] Listed 2006/03/02; Amended 2007/07/20
Constructed in 1881, the Captain John O'Rourke House is a fine example of an Italianate house. In Nebraska, Italianate houses continue to be constructed up to the turn of the century. Building styles in Nebraska do not fit neatly into nationwide architectural trends, with stylistic trends tending to reach Nebraska approximately ten years late and persisting about a decade after they had fallen out of fashion nationally. Nebraska itself was still a very young state in 1880, only thirteen years old, and her pioneers could rightly describe themselves as successes if they managed to eke a sufficient living to stay. In these early years, those who were extremely successful, and they were comparatively few, might construct a substantially built and designed house of a recognizable style, such as an Italianate. The Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey indicates that when true Italianate houses were built in Nebraska at all, they were most often constructed in towns along the Missouri River, such as Omaha, Peru, and most predominantly in Plattsmouth. Upon O'Rourke's arrival in Plattsmouth in 1874, he was a tireless community booster and was intimately involved with decisions that helped to insured that Plattsmouth would grow into a modern city. His roles within the community are numerous and varied. The home exemplifies the culmination of his career in politics and government.
Chase County
Wauneta Roller Mills [CH06-013] Listed 2008/3/12
The Wauneta Roller Mills is significant for its association with the industry of grain processing, including flour milling. Playing an important economic roll within the community, the Wauneta Roller Mills has provided an outlet for area grain producers since 1925. Throughout its history, the Wauneta Roller Mills has played a significant role in the agricultural industry and the economy of the local area.
Custer County
St. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish Hall [CU01-001, 002 and 003] Listed 2008/3/12
St. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish Hall are three architecturally significant buildings. The three buildings together illustrate the importance of religion to the Catholic community in and around Anselmo, both through the scale and elaboration of their design and the care with which they have been preserved. These buildings were not built without effort and sacrifice on the part of the community. Also known as the Cathedral of the Sandhills, the church itself is a striking example of the Late Gothic Revival style, featuring Tudor arched doors and window openings with Gothic windows within. The rectory is an elegantly built Craftsman style house with just enough elements of the Gothic style from the church adjacent to indicate that they are a matched set. The parish hall, once the church, was a lovely example of a hall form church of no particular style. A bit of elaboration had been added to the building through the addition of fishscale shingles under the gable on the front façade and the arched entry above the door, however, the building was always simple and its form followed its function.
Douglas County (2)Moyer Row Houses [DO09:0209-049, DO09:0209-050] Listed 2008/3/12
The Moyer Row Houses are a pair of square, two story, two unit row houses built in 1904. Significant as representative of their building type and period of construction, the Moyer Row Houses are buildings that embody the distinctive characteristics of the row house building type, constructed in Omaha during a period from 1900-1940, for a local individual interested in real estate investment. After the depression of the 1890s, the Moyer Row Houses represent a revival of this building type with builder-designed Renaissance Revival inspired buildings.
Omaha Star [DO09:0221-012] Listed 2007/12/27
The Omaha Star building is located one block south of 24th and Lake, the central business district and heart of the African-American community of North Omaha. This property is significant for its association with African-American newspaper publishing in Omaha, as well as the early Civil Rights Movement in Omaha. From the date of its inception as an African-American newspaper in North Omaha in 1938, the Omaha Star has been a significant voice for change in Omaha. Whether it was merely encouraging the community to aspire to greater acts of charity and civic pride, or inspiring the African-American community to agitate for rights that were rightfully theirs, the Omaha Star has been both literally and figuratively at the heart of the North Omaha community. So much so, that during the Omaha riots of the late 1960s, the Black Panthers protected the Omaha Star building from fire and damage, seeing it as the symbol of a free voice that it has always been.
The building is also significant for its association with Mildred Brown, a formidable woman who was the owner, publisher, initiator and heart of the Omaha Star. It was she who provided the paper with its mission statement: "dedicated to the proposition that no good cause shall lack a champion and evil shall not thrive unopposed." It was a mission statement that she not only fulfilled in her working life, but in the rest of her life as well. Her days were dedicated to the betterment of her community and her neighbors' situations, and she could arguably be considered the champion of the neighborhood. Her generosity and leadership were an inspiration to many.
Stabrie Grocery [D009: 0127-005] Listed 2007/11/15
Stabrie Grocery was constructed in 1883 northeast of the Central Business District in Omaha, Nebraska. Additions to and changes in how the building has been used represent the evolution of the grocery store, grocery warehouse, wholesale ventures and the manner in which Americans shopped for groceries during the period between the 1880's through 1940's. In addition to changes in grocery enterprises, the building also represents the impact of the Union Pacific Railroad in the surrounding neighborhood's growth and industrialization.
Undine Apartments [DO09:0209-048] Listed 2008/3/12
The Undine is significant for its association with the development of the apartment building type in Omaha. As Omaha's apartment building stock grew, so did the diversity of its planning and final form. The Undine is a good example of a typical builder/developer designed apartment building that used iconic details to appeal to its target audience. This property is also significant for its distinctive characteristics representing a type and period of construction. Like many apartment buildings constructed during the early 20th century in Omaha, the Undine was located with-in a network of streetcar lines, making it readily accessible from downtown where many of its residents worked. Like many apartments built by contractors who were also developers, it was built on a smaller framework of massing and proportions that made it more affordable to the average white collar worker, while retaining the features that would be recognized as upscale and desirable.
Gage County
First Commercial Bank [GA12-005] Listed 2007/11/15
Located in Odell, the First Commercial Bank was built in 1885 of coursed ashlar, and locally quarried limestone. A cornice of pressed metal crowns the top of the one-story building. The First Commercial Bank building is significant under Criterion A for activities important to the community's commerce and economy during Odell's earliest period of settlement, growth, and development. Under Criterion B, the property is significant for its association with James D. Myers, who was instrumental in the founding of the village of Odell. Through his banking business he contributed to the town's development during its first decade of the 1880s, the period of its greatest building and growth.
Lancaster County
The Nebraska Governor's Mansion [LC13:D08-002] Listed 2008/3/12
The Nebraska Governor's Mansion is significant for its association with the history of its construction and the notion that Nebraska and her people deserved a grand building dedicated to the residence of her executive officer, the Governor. Prior to the construction of this building, governors had either received a housing stipend from the legislature that paid for their living expenses, or, after 1899, lived in the governor's mansion that the legislature purchased from its previous owner at 14th and H in Lincoln, near the State Capitol. Nebraskans remain proud of the Governor's Mansion, for the visibility it lends to the separation of our branches of government, for the glorifying of the executive branch, and for its prudent beauty.
Scotts Bluff County
Saddle Club [SF11-469] Listed 2007/12/27
Established in 1947, the Saddle Club was the first organized equestrian club in the Scottsbluff area. Established to promote horseback riding, better horsemanship, horse shows and a safe riding experience, the Saddle Club quickly became an important community institution. Established at a time when lives were becoming more and more mechanized, the Saddle Club played an important role in maintaining a tangible link to equestrian activities, both social and work related. This socialization focused on riders and their horse, as well as a rider's responsibility to the community of riders as well as to the larger community. Socially, the Saddle Club has served to pass along "horse sense" to a whole generation who otherwise may have had no opportunity to learn the "Trail Rider's Creed". In doing so, a connection to a past way of life has been maintained.
Sherman County
Loup City Township Carnegie Library [SM04-079] Listed 2007/12/27
The Loup City Township Carnegie Library is significant for its association with the philanthropy of the Carnegie Corporation in donating funds that allowed small towns across the United States to be able to afford to have their own free standing public library. This property is also significant in the area of architecture as a Neoclassical Revival building designed by the prominent Lincoln architectural firm of Fiske and Meginnis.
Wayne County
Wayne United States Post Office [WY05-306] Listed 2007/12/27
This Art Deco building was constructed in 1934 and was a project funded by the Public Works Administration. The Wayne Post Office gains significance for an association with public work projects as means of alleviating widespread poverty during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is also significant in the area of architecture and is an excellent example of the Art Deco style popular at the time of construction.
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