Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Nebraska - Cherry County
Cherry County Nebraska has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Spade Ranch, Adamson Bridge, Bell Bridge, Berry State Aid Bridge and Borman Bridge.

The famous person F. M. Walcott is associated with one of more of the Cherry County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cherry County places including Canton Bridge Co., Cambria Steel Co., Wrought Iron Bridge Co., Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, Kady Faulkner, Louis Simon, Nebraska Division of Bridge Design, Josef Sorkin and Fletcher & Stolze. Prominent architectural styles found in Cherry Country are Romanesque, Classical Revival and Moderne.

REMOVED
Adamson Bridge (added 1992 - - #92000749)
Also known as Niobrara River Bridge;NEHBS No. CE00-227
NE 97 over the Niobrara R., 7.8 mi. SW of Valentine , Valentine
send us a photo to share
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Canton Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Bell Bridge (added 1992 - - #92000752)
Also known as Allen Bridge;Niobrara River Bridge;NEHBS No. CE00-22
Co. Rd. over the Niobrara R., 11.9 mi. NE of Valentine , Valentine
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cambria Steel Co., Canton Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Berry State Aid Bridge (added 1992 - - #92000753)
Also known as Niobrara River Bridge;NEHBS No. CE00-225
Co. Rd. over the Niobrara R., 10 mi. NE of Valentine , Valentine
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Borman Bridge (added 1992 - - #92000751)
Also known as Niobrara River Bridge;NEHBS No. CE00-224
Co. Rd. over the Niobrara R., 2.3 mi. SE of Valentine , Valentine
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cambria Steel Co., Canton Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Brewer Bridge (added 1992 - - #92000754)
Also known as Niobrara River Bridge;NEHBS No. CE00-226
Co. Rd. over the Niobrara R., 14.7 mi. E of Valentine , Valentine
Fattymckee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Bryan Bridge (added 1988 - - #88000912)
Also known as NeHBS #CE00-28
US 20 , Valentine
Vihelik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nebraska Division of Bridge Design, Sorkin,Josef
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Cherry County Courthouse (added 1990 - - #89002229)
Also known as CE14-89
4th and Main Sts. , Valentine
Ammodramus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
archives document
County Line Bridge (added 2018 - - #100002660)
Also known as Niobrara River Bridge, CE00-020
Private Rd. over Niobrara R., Valentine
send us a photo to share
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Canton Bridge Company
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1916-1916 AD
Dry Valley Church and Cemetery (added 2007 - - #07000660)
Also known as CE00-007
Address Restricted , Mullen
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Holland, E.L.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Spade Ranch (added 1980 - - #80002464)
NW of Ellsworth , Ellsworth
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
archives document
Twin Bridge (added 1992 - - #92000750)
Also known as North Loup River Bridge;NEHBS No. CE00-223
Co. Rd. over the N. Loup R., 7.9 mi. NW of Brownlee , Brownlee
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
US Post Office--Valentine (added 1991 - - #91001750)
Also known as Cherry County Sawyer Memorial Library Educational Service Un
348 N. Main St. , Valentine
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Faulkner,Kady, Simon,Louis
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
archives document
Valentine Public School (added 1984 - - #84002454)
Also known as Centennial Hall
3rd and Macomb Sts. , Valentine
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fletcher & Stolze, Beindorff,Charles F.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Walcott, F. M., House (added 1982 - - #82000599)
431 N. Hall St. , Valentine
Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Other
Historic Person:
Walcott,F. M.
Significant Year:
1892
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Law
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Return to Top
Select a Different Nebraska County (map)
Adams
Antelope
Arthur
Banner
Boone
Box Butte
Boyd
Brown
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Cass
Cedar
Chase
Cherry
Cheyenne
Clay
Colfax
Cuming
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
Deuel
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Dundy
Fillmore
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
Garden
Garfield
Gosper
Grant
Greeley
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Holt
Hooker
Howard
Jefferson
Johnson
Kearney
Keith
Keya Paha
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln
Loup
Madison
McPherson
Merrick
Morrill
Nance
Nemaha
Nuckolls
Otoe
Pawnee
Perkins
Phelps
Pierce
Platte
Polk
Red Willow
Richardson
Rock
Saline
Sarpy
Saunders
Scotts Bluff
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
Sioux
Stanton
Thayer
Thomas
Thurston
Valley
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
York
Select a Different State (map)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District Of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Return to Home Page