Cook Blacksmith Shop

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Location204 3rd St.,
Ponca, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°33′46″N96°42′28″W / 42.562639°N 96.707781°W / 42.562639; -96.707781 Coordinates: 42°33′46″N96°42′28″W / 42.562639°N 96.707781°W / 42.562639; -96.707781
Built1901
NRHP reference # 74001106 [1]

The Cook Blacksmith Shop is a former blacksmith shop in Ponca, Nebraska, United States that today is a museum.

Ponca, Nebraska City in Nebraska, United States

Ponca is a city and county seat of Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 961 at the 2010 census.

Nebraska State of the United States of America

Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.

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The Cook Blacksmith Shop was built in 1901 by C. O. Cook, who operated his business for over thirty years. The building is owned by the Ponca Historical Society, which uses the shop as a living history museum. C.O. Cook Blacksmith Shop, with all its original tools and machinery, has been restored and placed in working condition. [2]

Living history

Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, activities and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time. Although it does not necessarily seek to reenact a specific event in history, living history is similar to, and sometimes incorporates, historical reenactment. Living history is an educational medium used by living history museums, historic sites, heritage interpreters, schools and historical reenactment groups to educate the public or their own members in particular areas of history, such as clothing styles, pastimes and handicrafts, or to simply convey a sense of the everyday life of a certain period in history.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It is a one-story structure with a false front. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Nebraskaland Magazine. "Historic Places: The National Register for Nebraska." Vol. 67 No. 1 Jan–Feb. 1989. 34–35.
  3. Janet Jeffries (November 7, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cook Blacksmith Shop". National Park Service . Retrieved April 14, 2017. With two photos from 1974.

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