Log Cabin (Bellevue, Nebraska)
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The Log Cabin at present-day 805 Hancock Street in Bellevue, Nebraska
was built in the 1830s, and is commonly acknowledged as the oldest building in Nebraska.
floodplains, and around 1850 it was moved to its present-day location. It was used as a residence until 1954, occupied by just three families from 1856 to 1950.
The building was one and a half stories tall with a bedroom in the loft. Hand-hewn cottonwood logs surrounded a dirt floor and fireplace. In 1906 a kitchen and pantry were added to the east side; in 1972 the Sarpy County Historical Society a basement was dug and the main floor was restored. Today, the Society maintains the building in near-original condition as a memorial to the living conditions of the pioneers.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
on October 16, 1970.
Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, It was the first state capitol. Bellevue was incorporated in...
was built in the 1830s, and is commonly acknowledged as the oldest building in Nebraska.
History
A trapper built the log cabin around 1835 in the Missouri RiverMissouri River
The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...
floodplains, and around 1850 it was moved to its present-day location. It was used as a residence until 1954, occupied by just three families from 1856 to 1950.
The building was one and a half stories tall with a bedroom in the loft. Hand-hewn cottonwood logs surrounded a dirt floor and fireplace. In 1906 a kitchen and pantry were added to the east side; in 1972 the Sarpy County Historical Society a basement was dug and the main floor was restored. Today, the Society maintains the building in near-original condition as a memorial to the living conditions of the pioneers.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on October 16, 1970.