National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherry County, Nebraska

Location of Cherry County in Nebraska

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherry County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. ^[1]

There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, and one former listing.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 15, 2023. ^[2]

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Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed [4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Bell Bridge	Bell Bridge More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000752)	County road over the Niobrara River, 11.9 miles northeast of Valentine 42°53′42″N100°19′20″W / 42.895°N 100.322222°W / 42.895; -100.322222 (Bell Bridge)	Valentine	Bridge built in 1903; one of oldest surviving Pratt through truss bridges in Cherry County and the state; one of only four bridges in the county surviving ice melt flood of 1916.
2	Berry State Aid Bridge	Berry State Aid Bridge More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000753)	County road over the Niobrara River, 10 miles northeast of Valentine 42°54′07″N100°21′44″W / 42.901944°N 100.362222°W / 42.901944; -100.362222 (Berry State Aid Bridge)	Valentine	Built 1920-21, replacing one of the four that survived.
3	Borman Bridge	Borman Bridge More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000751)	County road over the Niobrara River, 2.3 miles southeast of Valentine 42°51′07″N100°31′15″W / 42.851944°N 100.520833°W / 42.851944; -100.520833 (Borman Bridge)	Valentine	Pinned Pratt through truss 1916 replacement for one of the bridges that was destroyed in the flood.
4	Brewer Bridge	Brewer Bridge More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000754)	County road over the Niobrara River, 14.7 miles east of Valentine 42°52′34″N100°15′58″W / 42.876111°N 100.266111°W / 42.876111; -100.266111 (Brewer Bridge)	Valentine
5	Bryan Bridge	Bryan Bridge More images	June 23, 1988 (#88000912)	U.S. Route 20 42°49′56″N100°31′41″W / 42.832222°N 100.528056°W / 42.832222; -100.528056 (Bryan Bridge)	Valentine
6	Cherry County Courthouse	Cherry County Courthouse More images	January 10, 1990 (#89002229)	4th and Main Sts. 42°52′34″N100°33′04″W / 42.876111°N 100.551111°W / 42.876111; -100.551111 (Cherry County Courthouse)	Valentine
7	County Line Bridge		July 13, 2018 (#100002660)	Private Rd. over Niobrara R. 42°50′49″N100°12′02″W / 42.8470°N 100.2005°W / 42.8470; -100.2005 (County Line Bridge)	Valentine vicinity
8	Dry Valley Church and Cemetery	Dry Valley Church and Cemetery More images	July 3, 2007 (#07000660)	West of Nebraska Highway 97 north of Mullen [5] 42°15′50″N101°05′10″W / 42.263889°N 101.086111°W / 42.263889; -101.086111 (Dry Valley Church and Cemetery)	Mullen
9	Spade Ranch	Spade Ranch More images	February 28, 1980 (#80002464)	Northwest of Ellsworth 42°18′23″N102°04′47″W / 42.306389°N 102.079722°W / 42.306389; -102.079722 (Spade Ranch)	Ellsworth
10	Twin Bridge	Twin Bridge More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000750)	North Loup River, 7.9 miles northwest of Brownlee 42°20′00″N100°45′45″W / 42.333332°N 100.762407°W / 42.333332; -100.762407 (Twin Bridge)	Brownlee
11	US Post Office-Valentine	US Post Office-Valentine More images	December 13, 1991 (#91001750)	348 N. Main St. 42°52′32″N100°33′01″W / 42.87564°N 100.55029°W / 42.87564; -100.55029 (US Post Office-Valentine)	Valentine	One of 12 Nebraska post offices featuring a Section of Fine Arts mural. [6] The $700 mural in the post office was both praised and panned when it was originally produced. [7] Now the Valentine Media Center, operated by Educational Service Unit #17. [8]
12	Valentine Public School	Valentine Public School More images	June 14, 1984 (#84002454)	3rd and Macomb Sts. 42°52′31″N100°32′49″W / 42.87541°N 100.54702°W / 42.87541; -100.54702 (Valentine Public School)	Valentine	Now operated as a museum. [9]
13	F.M. Walcott House	F.M. Walcott House More images	October 7, 1982 (#82000599)	431 N. Hall St. 42°52′40″N100°32′58″W / 42.877694°N 100.549444°W / 42.877694; -100.549444 (F.M. Walcott House)	Valentine	Deemed locally significant architecturally "as an example of a vernacular Neo-Classical Revival dwelling, based upon earlier upright-with-wing or templeform houses common to the Greek Revival style in the eastern and midwestern states" and for association with F. M. Walcott, a county attorney and county judge who had one of the largest legal practices in Nebraska. [10]

Former listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Adamson Bridge	Adamson Bridge More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000749)	March 25, 2019	Nebraska Highway 97 over the Niobrara River, 7.8 miles southwest of Valentine 42°48′26″N100°40′20″W / 42.807222°N 100.672222°W / 42.807222; -100.672222 (Adamson Bridge)	Valentine	Located on a different road alignment than the current crossing (a concrete beam bridge built c. 1994 [11] ), this bridge seems to be gone based on aerial photo view of its coordinates and on photos taken at the site in 2014.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska

References

1. The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
2. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved December 15, 2023.
3. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
4. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
5. Dry Valley Church Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine , Hooker County, 2009. Accessed 2013-04-16.
6. Ahlgren, Carol (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Nebraska Post Offices Which Contain Section Artwork (1938-1942)" (PDF). Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-28.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. David Hendee (November 15, 2012). "The post-Depression post office murals of Nebraska". Omaha World-Herald . Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. (see Valentine mural visible in 4th clickable photo)
8. "Welcome to Educational Service Unit #17". Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-11-26.
9. "Museums". Archived 2012-01-27 at the Wayback Machine Valentine Chamber of Commerce. Archived 2012-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-11-26.
10. Randel Anderson and Joni Gilkerson (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: F.M. Walcott House". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos from 1980
11. "N97 over Niobrara River". Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Uglybridges.com. Archived 2012-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-11-26.

External links

• Nebraska National Register Sites in Cherry County ^[usurped] –Nebraska State Historical Society