J.D. McDonald House

J. D. McDonald House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
J.D McDonald House in 2014
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Location	310 East Military Avenue, Fremont, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°26′09″N96°29′39″W / 41.43583°N 96.49417°W / 41.43583; -96.49417 (J. D. McDonald House)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888 (1888)
Architect	M.A. Ecker
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Victorian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	80002444 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

The J.D. McDonald house as the Kirby Hospital circa 1905

The J.D. McDonald House is a historic house in Fremont, Nebraska. It was built in 1888 for J.D. McDonald, a Canadian-born railroad contractor who founded the Fremont Manufacturing Company and served on the board of directors of the Fremont National Bank. ^[2] He hired F.M. Ellis as the architect and M.A. Ecker as the general contractor to build it in the Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival architectural styles. ^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 10, 1980. ^[1] The McDonald family resided in the house until 1898. The building became the first hospital in Fremont, Nebraska in 1905 under the name Kirby Hospital.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Joni Gilkerson (October 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. D. McDonald House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures