NRHP: Arbor Lodge
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Arbor Lodge (J. Sterling Morton House)
NRHP Reference #: 69000135
NRHP Listing Date: 19690602
Location
W of Nebr City, Nebraska City vicinity, Otoe County, Nebraska
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Summary
J. Sterling Morton was the founder of Arbor Day, an American holiday designated for planting trees. The original house, built in 1855, was remodeled several times by the late 1800s. In 1903 Morton's son, Joy, converted the house to the three-story, fifty-two-room, Neo-Classical Revival mansion of today. As a pioneer Nebraska journalist, politician, and leader in horticulture and conservation, J. Sterling Morton served as secretary of agriculture under President Grover Cleveland in 1893. Arbor Lodge, located near Nebraska City, was donated to the state of Nebraska in 1923 and is now a state historical park administered by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
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The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the country’s official list of historically significant properties. To be eligible for the NRHP a property must generally retain their historic appearance, be at least 50 years old, and have the potential to be documented as historically or architecturally significant at either the local, state, or national level. The National Register of Historic Places is a National Park Service program administered by the Nebraska State Historical Society for the state of Nebraska. Visit the Nebraska State Historical Society's website to learn more about the program.
