Scotts Bluff National Monument is located west of the City of Gering in western Nebraska, United States. This National Park Service site protects over 3,000 acres of historic overland trail remnants, mixed-grass prairie, rugged badlands, towering bluffs and riparian area along the North Platte River. The park boasts over 100,000 annual visitors.
This is a list of more than 1,100 properties and districts in Nebraska that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these, 20 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in 90 of the state's 93 counties.
Cabanne's Trading Post was established in 1822 by the American Fur Company as Fort Robidoux near present-day Dodge Park in North Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It was named for the influential fur trapper Joseph Robidoux. Soon after it was opened, the post was called the French Company or Cabanné's Post, for the ancestry and name of its operator, Jean Pierre Cabanné, who was born and raised among the French community of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Sherman is a historically significant apartment building located at 2501 North 16th Street in the Near North Side of Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1897, it was designated an Omaha landmark in 1985; in 1986 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Strehlow Terrace, also called the Terrace Garden Apartment Complex and Ernie Chambers Court, is located at 2024 and 2107 North Sixteenth Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. Designed by Robert Strehlow and reputed local architect Frederick Henninger, Strehlow was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The Old People's Home, presently known as Leo Vaughan Senior Manor, is located at 3325 Fontenelle Boulevard in the Florence neighborhood on the north side of Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1917, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Fontenelle Forest is a 1,500-acre (6 km2) forest, located in Bellevue, Nebraska. Its visitor features include hiking trails, a nature center, children's camps, a gift shop, and picnic facilities. The forest is listed as a National Natural Landmark and a National Historic District. The forest includes hardwood deciduous forest, extensive floodplain, loess hills, and marshlands.
Ash Hollow State Historical Park is located five miles (8.0 km) south of Lewellen in Garden County, Nebraska. The park comprises two attractions located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from each other: Ash Hollow Cave and Windlass Hill.
Robidoux Pass, also known as Roubadeau Pass, Roubedeau Pass, Roubideau Pass, Roubidoux Pass and Roubadeau Pass Gap, is a gap passing through the Wildcat Hills near Scottsbluff, Nebraska about 9 miles (14 km) west of Gering, Nebraska. The gap was on the Great Platte River Road section of the historic Oregon or Emigrant Trail. It is at an elevation of 4,554 feet (1,388 m). Used by thousands of emigrants to the west from 1843-1851, the pass is a National Historic Landmark.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
The Sioux County Courthouse, located at the northeast corner of Main and 3rd Streets in Harrison, is the center of government of Sioux County, Nebraska. The courthouse was built in 1930 to replace the county's first courthouse, an 1888 building that had fallen into poor condition. Architect E.L. Goldsmith of Scottsbluff designed the courthouse in the County Citadel style, a Classical Revival-influenced design used in six Nebraska courthouses. The courthouse's design features six fluted pilasters on the front facade and a central entrance with a round arch. The front side of the building also includes a lintel above the doorway, moldings with decorative capitals around the entrance, and a cornice with the inscription "Sioux County Court House".
The Midwest Theater, at 1707 Broadway in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, was built in 1946. It was designed in Moderne style by Charles D. Strong and built by the Art Moore Contracting Co.. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The Scottsbluff Carnegie Library is a historic building in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was built as a Carnegie library in 1922, and designed in the Classical Revival architectural style by architect Robert A. Bradley. A 1936 extension was designed in the same style by architect Otto John Hehnke. The building was repurposed as the West Nebraska Arts Center in 1966. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 3, 1981.
Otto John Hehnke was a German-born American architect. He lived in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where he designed the Fontenelle Apartment House and the Scottsbluff Carnegie Library, two buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Lincoln Hotel is a historic hotel building in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was built by Childes & Price in 1917-1918 for the Nebraska Hotel Company, whose directors were F.E. Schaaf and R.W. Johnston. The Scottsbluff Commercial Club donated the land and purchased $5,000 of stocks in the company, which went bankrupt a few years later. The building was designed in the Classical Revival style by architect A. Bandy. From 1965 to 1971 the building was used as dormitories and classrooms by the Hiram Scott College, and later used as dormitories again by the Platte Valley Bible College from 1976 to 1983. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 5, 1998.
The Marquis Opera House is a historic building in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was first built by L. C. Marquis and C. R. Inman in 1909–10 as a theatre, with an auditorium inside. It closed down, and the building redesigned in the Classical Revival style in 1916. The auditorium was remodelled into floors for apartments and offices. The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 10, 1985.
The United States Post Office-Scottsbluff is a historic building in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was built by Bernard R. Desjardins in 1930, and designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect James A. Wetmore. Its construction was jeopardized by the Great Depression, and initial plans for a larger building were scrapped. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 5, 1989.
The Western Public Service Building is a historic building in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was built in 1931 by Ernest Leafgreen for the Western Public Service Company, an electricity company whose president was E. C. Van Diest. It was designed in the Art Deco style by architect Everett L. Goldsmith, with "terra cotta sheathing of the two public facades, the west and the north." It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 2004.
The Fontenelle Bank is a historic building in Bellevue, Nebraska. It was built with bricks in 1856, and the facade was designed in the Greek Revival style, with pilasters, and the Italianate style, with "the elaborate window caps and the elongation of the wall openings." It housed the Fontenelle Bank in 1856–1857, and it was the first Sarpy County Courthouse from 1861 to 1875, followed by Bellevue's town hall until 1959. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1969.
