NRHP: Burt County State Bank
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Burt County State Bank
NRHP Reference #: 09000068
NRHP Listing Date: 20090304
Location
246 S 13th, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska
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Summary
Built by brothers Merrick R. and Harry M. Hopewell in 1883, this impressive building anchors a major intersection in Tekamah. The bank operated as private "Exchange and Banking House" run by the Hopewell brothers and W. B. White until 1892 when it was incorporated as Burt County State Bank under Nebraska's general banking law. The building represents the evolution of banking in Nebraska and is an impressive local example of the elaborate architecture of the Gilded Age. The building was home to the Burt County State Bank until 1966.
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