List of the oldest buildings in Nebraska

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This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Nebraska, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Nebraska. Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.

In order to qualify for the list, a structure must:

  • be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy);
  • incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least {{convert|1.5|m|ft}} in height and/or be a listed building.

This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating or dendrochronology and should be considered approximate. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.

List of oldest buildings

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Log Cabin (Bellevue, Nebraska)

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| Bellevue, Nebraska

| ca. 1835

| Residence

| Fur trapper's log cabin; Likely oldest building in the state

Florence Mill

|File:Florence Mill NE.JPG

|Omaha, Nebraska

|ca. 1846

|Commercial

|Oldest mill in the state; construction overseen by Brigham Young

Willow Creek Pony Express Station

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|Cozad, Nebraska

|ca. 1849

|Commercial

| Pony Express station, was moved a small distance in 1938

Didier Cabin

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1854

|Residence

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Arbor Lodge

|File:Arbor Lodge.jpg

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1855

|Residence

|Built for the founder of Arbor Day, Julius Sterling Morton

Mayhew Cabin

|File:Mayhew Cabin from S 1.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1855

|Residence

|One of the oldest houses in Nebraska City

Fontenelle Bank

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| Bellevue, Nebraska

| ca. 1856

| Commercial

| Oldest bank building in the state

William Hamilton House

|File:William Hamilton house (Bellevue, NE) from SW 1.JPG

|Bellevue, Nebraska

|ca. 1856

|Residence

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Bank of Florence

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| Omaha, Nebraska

| ca. 1857

| Commercial

| Oldest building in Omaha

Frederick L. Gottschalk House

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|Columbus, Nebraska

|ca. 1857

|Residence

|The cabin was relocated to the interior of the Platte County Historical Society Museum.

Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson House

|File:Nebraska City 711 3rd Corso from NW 1.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1857

|Residence

|One of the oldest houses in Nebraska City

Presbyterian Church

|File:Bellevue, Nebraska First Presbyterian from SE 1.JPG

|Bellevue, Nebraska

|ca. 1858

|Religious

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Russell, Majors, and Waddell Freighting Company Building

|File:Nebraska City 407 N 14th St.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1858

|Commercial/ Residence

|Built by the US Army and sold to the supply firm Russell, Majors, and Waddell

Russell, Majors, Waddell House

|File:Nebraska City 517 N 13th St.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1858

|Residence

|Built by Alexander Majors for Russell, Majors, and Waddell

Russell, Majors, Waddell-Stevenson House

|File:Nebraska City 516 N 14th St.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1858

|Residence

|Built by Alexander Majors for Russell, Majors, and Waddell

Brownville Methodist Church

|File:Methodist church in Brownville.jpg

|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1859

|Religious

|Oldest brick church in Nebraska

Abbott Gates House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1859

|Residence

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Midway Stage Station

|File:Midway Pony Express station from SW 1.JPG

|Dawson County, Nebraska

|ca. 1859

|Commercial/ Residence

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Stolley Homestead Site

|File:Stolley Home GI NE.JPG

|Grand Island, Nebraska

|ca. 1859

|Residence

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8621 North 31st Street

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| Omaha, Nebraska

| ca. 1859

| Residence

| Oldest house in Omaha; built within earlier Mormon settlement of Cutler's Park (Florence, Omaha).The Oldest House in North Omaha https://northomahahistory.com/2015/07/19/the-oldest-houses-in-north-omaha/#:~:text=THE%20OLDEST%3A%208621%20North%2031st,the%20oldest%20house%20in%20Omaha.

Brown-Carson House

|File:Carson house (Brownville, Nebraska) from NE.JPG

|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1860

|Residence

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church

|File:Dakota City Emmanuel Lutheran from NE 1.JPG

|Dakota City, Nebraska

|ca. 1860

|Religious

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George and Nancy Turner House

|File:Turner house (Fremont, Nebraska) from NW 1.JPG

|Fremont, Nebraska

|ca. 1860

|Residence

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St. Benedict's Catholic Church

|File:St. Benedict Church Nebraska City from NW 1.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1861

|Religious

|Oldest brick Catholic church in the state

United Presbyterian Church

|File:Nebraska City 613 2nd Corso from NW 1.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1861

|Religious

|Originally a Presbyterian church then used by the Mormons

608 1st Avenue

|File:Nebraska City 608 1st Ave.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1861

|Residence

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McLaughlin-Parks House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1862

|Residence

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Beehive House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1863

|Residence

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Heinrich Giese House

|File:Giese house from SE.jpg

|Grand Island, Nebraska

|ca. 1863

|Residence

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Worthing-Baker House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1863

|Residence

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Bratton-Minick House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1864

|Residence

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Jesse C. Bickle House

|File:Jesse C. Bickle house from SE 1.JPG

|Crete, Nebraska

|ca. 1864

|Residence

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J. H. Catron House

|File:Nebraska City 820 1st Ave (1).JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1865

|Residence

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John Henry Stork Log House

|File:Stork log house (Burt Co, NE) from NE 1.JPG

|Burt County, Nebraska

|ca. 1865

|Residence

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Otoe County Courthouse

|File:Otoe County, Nebraska courthouse from NE 2.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1865

|Government

|Oldest public building in the state

John Sautter Farmhouse

|File:John Sautter Farmhouse 2012-09-20 19-32-31.jpg

|Papillion, Nebraska

|ca. 1866

|Residence

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George Stevens House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1866

|Residence

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Heritage House Museum

|File:Weeping Water Heritage House Museum from SW 1.JPG

|Weeping Water, Nebraska

|ca. 1867

|Residence

|The former parsonage of the Congregational Church of Weeping Water

Palmer-Epard House

|File:The historic Palmer-Epard Cabin at sunset. (bdf014f5-51e1-493d-95b8-0e091c4d01b0).jpg

|Gage County, Nebraska

|ca. 1867

|Residence

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Zweibel Farmstead

|File:ZWIEBEL FARMSTEAD, SARPY COUNTY, NE.jpg

|Sarpy County, Nebraska

|ca. 1867

|Residence

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Anthony P. Cogswell House

|File:HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY. CHAS. W. STEINBAUGH, ARCHT., PHOTOGRAPHER, APRIL 6 1934. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH-EAST. - A. P. Cogswell House, Brownville, Nemaha County, NE HABS NEB,64-BROVI,3-1.tif

|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1868

|Residence

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Furnas House

|File:HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY. CHAS. W. STEINBAUGH, ARCH'T., PHOTOGRAPHER, APRIL 14, 1934. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH-EAST. - Governor Robert W. Furnas House, Sixth Street, HABS NEB,64-BROVI,2-1.tif

|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1868

|Residence

|Home of Governor Robert Wilkinson Furnas

John W. Bennett House

|File:John W. Bennett house from N 1.JPG

|Nemaha County, Nebraska

|ca. 1868

|Residence

|Oldest example of the I-House in the state

Lone Tree Saloon

|File:Lone Tree Saloon (Brownville, Nebraska) from SE.JPG

|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1868

|Commercial

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Michael Witt Fachwerkbau

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|Saline County, Nebraska

|ca. 1868

|Residence

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St. John's Lutheran Church

|File:St. John Luth stone church (Nemaha Co) from SW 1.JPG

|Nemaha County, Nebraska

|ca. 1868

|Religious

|Oldest stone church in Nebraska

Elm Creek Fort

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|Minden, Nebraska

|ca. 1869

|Residence

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Jasper A. Ware House

|File:Wildwood Historic Center from SE 1.JPG

|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1869

|Residence

|House of the co-founder of the Midland Pacific Railway, Jasper Ware

John L. Colhapp House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1869

|Residence

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Samuel Bullock House

|File:Samuel Bullock House from SE 2.JPG

|Fremont, Nebraska

|ca. 1869

|Residence

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Thomas P. Kennard House

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| Lincoln, Nebraska

| ca. 1869

| Residence

| One of oldest houses in Lincoln, NE

Tipton House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1869

|Residence

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122 South 6th Street

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|Plattsmouth, Nebraska

|ca. 1869

|Religious

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Christopher Anderson House

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|Nebraska City, Nebraska

|ca. 1870

|Residence

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Commanding Officers Quarters

|File:Ft Sidney NE Commanders Quarters.JPG

|Sidney, Nebraska

|ca. 1870

|Government/ Residence

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Congregational Church and Manse

|File:Congregational Church on the Santee Reservation.jpg

|Santee, Nebraska

|ca. 1870

|Religious

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Eli S. Wibley House

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|Brownville, Nebraska

|ca. 1870

|Residence

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Naomi Institute

|File:Rock Bluff School from SE 1.JPG

|Rock Bluff, Nebraska

|ca. 1870

|Education

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Cook house on Spade Ranch (Nebraska)

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| Ellsworth, Nebraska

| ca. 1877

| Ranch

| One of the oldest and largest ranches in Nebraska; Cookhouse moved from Newman Ranch in 1888.

General Crook House

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| Fort Omaha

| ca. 1879

| Government

| Home to Civil War/Indian Wars general

See also

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