List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska

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The List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Nebraska. There are 20 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Nebraska.

Contents

Current NHLs in Nebraska [edit]

The twenty NHLs in Nebraska are distributed across 17 of Nebraska's 93 counties.

Landmark name[1] Image Date declared[1] Locality[1][2] County[1] Description[2]
1 Ash Hollow Cave Ash Hollow Nebraska.JPG 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Lewellen
 Garden Included in Ash Hollow Historic District
2 William Jennings Bryan House William Jennings Bryan House.jpg 01963-11-06November 6, 1963 Lincoln
 Lancaster The home of William Jennings Bryan.
3 CAPTAIN MERIWETHER LEWIS (Dredge) Captain Meriwether Lewis dredge 1.JPG 01989-04-11April 11, 1989 Brownville
40°23′31″N 95°39′02″W / 40.3920°N 95.65066°W / 40.3920; -95.65066 (CAPTAIN MERIWETHER LEWIS (Dredge))		 Nemaha
4 Willa Cather House Willa Cather house from NE 1.JPG 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 Red Cloud
40°05′07″N 98°31′13″W / 40.08533°N 98.52029°W / 40.08533; -98.52029 (Willa Cather House)		 Webster Author Willa Cather's childhood home
5 Coufal Site Address restricted.PNG 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Cotesfield
 Howard An archaeological site.
6 Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Boys Town NFS.JPG 01985-02-04February 4, 1985 Boys Town
 Douglas Site of Father Flanagan's original boy's home
7 Fort Atkinson Ft Atkinson detail of barracks.JPG 01961-07-04July 4, 1961 Fort Calhoun
 Washington Site of the original Council Bluffs
8 Fort Robinson and Red Cloud Agency Crazy Horse Monument 01960-12-19December 19, 1960 Crawford
 Dawes and Sioux Site of an Indian Wars-era U.S. Army post.
9 HAZARD (Minesweeper) The USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha. 01986-01-14January 14, 1986 Omaha
41°16′28″N 95°54′05″W / 41.27441°N 95.90127°W / 41.27441; -95.90127 (HAZARD (Minesweeper))		 Douglas A ship located in Omaha's Freedom Park.
10 Leary Site Address restricted.PNG 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Rulo
 Richardson An archaeological site.
11 J. Sterling Morton House Arbor Lodge.jpg 01975-05-15May 15, 1975 Nebraska City
 Otoe The home J. Sterling Morton and the National Arbor Day Foundation.
12 Nebraska State Capitol The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. 01976-01-07January 7, 1976 Lincoln
40°48′33″N 96°42′02″W / 40.809175°N 96.700495°W / 40.809175; -96.700495 (Nebraska State Capitol)		 Lancaster The seat of the Government of Nebraska.
13 George W. Norris House George Norris House from NE 2.JPG 01967-05-28May 28, 1967 McCook
40°12′14″N 100°37′33″W / 40.20388°N 100.62572°W / 40.20388; -100.62572 (Norris, Senator George William, House)		 Red Willow Home of U.S. Senator George W. Norris.
14 Palmer Site Palmer Site, Nebraska.jpg 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Palmer
 Howard and Merrick An archaeological site.
15 Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital Susan LaFlesche Picotte Hospital WalthillNE.jpg 01993-04-19April 19, 1993 Walthill
42°09′06″N 96°30′22″W / 42.15154°N 96.50613°W / 42.15154; -96.50613 (Picotte, Dr. Susan, Memorial Hospital)		 Thurston Hospital founded by Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first American Indian physician and one of the first female physicians in the U.S.
16 Pike Pawnee Village Site Guide Rock, Nebraska Pike marker.JPG 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Guide Rock
 Webster Claimed for the U.S. by Captain Zebulon Pike during the Pike expedition in 1806.
17 Robidoux Pass Robidoux Pass.jpg 01964-01-20January 20, 1964 Gering
 Scotts Bluff Pass that was part of the Oregon Trail from 1848 to 1851, when another pass became preferred.
18 Schultz Site Address restricted.PNG 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 North Loup
 Valley An archaeological site.
19 Signal Butte Signal Butte NHL.jpg 01961-01-20January 20, 1961 Gering
 Scotts Bluff
20 Walker Gilmore Site Address restricted.PNG 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Murray
 Cass An archaeological site.
Table notes: see [3] below.

Historic areas of the National Park System in Nebraska [edit]

National Monuments, National Historic Sites, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are two of these in Nebraska. The National Park Service lists these two together with the NHLs in the state,[4] They are

Landmark name
 Image Date established[5] Location County Description
1 Homestead National Monument of America Homestead Freeman School.jpg 01936-03-19March 19, 1936 Beatrice Gage The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862.
2 Scotts Bluff National Monument Saddlerock Scotts-Bluff NM Nebraska USA.jpg 01919-12-12December 12, 1919 Gering Scotts Bluff A landmark on the Oregon and Mormon Trails.

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-04. .
  2. ^ a b National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  3. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate the National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Historic Landmark Districts and other higher designations from other NHL buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ These are listed on p.113 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
  5. ^ Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.

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