NRHP: Burt County Courthouse
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Burt County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 89002223
NRHP Listing Date: 19900110
Location
13th bet M & N, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska
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Summary
Burt County was established in 1854. That same year, a group of settlers established what is present-day Tekamah. The following year Tekamah was named the county seat. From 1857 to 1867 a small two-story log blockhouse doubled as the first courthouse. A second courthouse was used until the construction of the present building. Plans for the new building dated from 1913. In 1914 the county residents voted to accept a tax levy to finance the construction of the new courthouse. No further action appears to have occurred until 1916 when construction began. Built in the Beaux Arts style, the courthouse was completed in 1917.
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