St. Benedict's Catholic Church (Nebraska City, Nebraska)

{{short description|Historic church in Nebraska, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = St. Benedict's Catholic Church

| nrhp_type =

| image = St. Benedict Church Nebraska City from NW 2.JPG

| caption = St. Benedict's, seen from the northwest.

| location=411 5th Rue, Nebraska City, Nebraska

| coordinates = {{coord|40|40|11|N|95|50|28|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Nebraska#USA

| built =1861

| builder =

| architect = Gerhardt, August; Darley, James

| area = less than one acre

| architecture=

| added = January 27, 1983

| refnum=83001100{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

}}

St. Benedict's Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. The church parish was founded in 1856 and its building, completed in 1861, is the oldest brick church in the state of Nebraska. The church's address is 411 5th Rue, Nebraska City, Nebraska.

It is a brick "vernacular Romanesque structure featuring buttresses and entry tower".{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83001100}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Benedict's Catholic Church |publisher=National Park Service|author=Janet Jeffries Spencer|date=August 1982 |accessdate=June 8, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=83001100|photos=y|title=accompanying two photos from 1974}}

Its exterior walls were noticed to be spreading in 1948, and it was feared the roof would collapse. "The walls were dismantled, reinforced and then rebuilt using primarily original brick."