List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska
Nebraska National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)
The List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Nebraska. There are 20 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Nebraska.
Current NHLs in Nebraska
The twenty NHLs in Nebraska are distributed across 17 of Nebraska's 93 counties.
Historic areas of the National Park System in Nebraska
National Monuments, National Historic Sites, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are two of these in Nebraska. The National Park Service lists these two together with the NHLs in the state,[3] They are
| Landmark name |
Image | Date established[4] | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homestead National Monument of America |  |
March 19, 1936 | Beatrice | Gage | The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862. |
| 2 | Scotts Bluff National Monument |  |
December 12, 1919 | Gering | Scotts Bluff | A landmark on the Oregon and Mormon Trails. |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska
- List of National Historic Landmarks by state
- Landmarks in Omaha, Nebraska
References
- ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ These are listed on p.113 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
- ↑ Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.
External links
- National Historic Landmark Program at the National Park Service
- Lists of National Historic Landmarks
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