NRHP: Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and Gate House

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Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion & Gate House

NRHP Reference #: 79001445

NRHP Listing Date: 19790409

Location

6th & Grable Sts, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

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Summary

The pavilion is located on the grounds of the Chautauqua Park in Beatrice. The Chautauqua, which operated annual summer assemblies during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, enlightened countless rural and small town residents of Nebraska. The Chautauqua sessions featured performances, discussions, lectures, and oratory, as well as lessons in fine art and domestic science. The 1889 pavilion is an impressive rectangular structure, and it is an engineering and architectural achievement of merit. The pavilion was originally open on all sides, but about 1915 the gabled section of the roof was extended on the east, and frame walls were built to serve as the extension's support.

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