NRHP: E.C. Houston House
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E.C. Houston House (Burt County Museum)
NRHP Reference #: 86000338
NRHP Listing Date: 19860313
Location
319 N 13th, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska
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Summary
The E. C. Houston House was built for Emsley Clinton Houston. Houston was the owner and founder of the Houston Lumber Company in Tekamah and also served as vice president of the First National Bank of Tekamah for over twenty years. He was elected mayor of Tekamah in 1893 and was a state senator in 1919. The large frame house constructed in 1904-5 incorporates Neo-Classical Revival details in its porches, door and window openings, and cornices. The most distinctive part of the dwelling is the prominent porch, which has a wooden railing on the first level and wrought iron railing on the second and attic stories. It is now the Burt County Museum.
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