NRHP: Hotel Norfolk

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Hotel Norfolk (Madison Apartments)

Hotel Norfolk (Madison Apartments)

NRHP Reference #: 88002755

NRHP Listing Date: 19881201

Location

108 N 4th, Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska

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Summary

Constructed in 1926 in Norfolk, the hotel exhibits the Georgian Revival-style. It is an important representative of the modern commercial hotel movement occurring in the smaller communities of Nebraska during this time. The Hotel Norfolk is also significant as the home of one of the oldest radio stations in the Midwest, WJAG, from 1926 to 1944.

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