NRHP: Nelson Farm
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Nelson Farm
NRHP Reference #: 09000650
NRHP Listing Date: 20090826
Location
1139 M Road, Central City vicinity, Merrick County, Nebraska
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Summary
The historic Nelson Farm includes eighty acres associated with John Magnus Nelson's original 1879 homestead just west of Central City. In addition to the associated fields, the farmstead includes a windbreak, windmill, silo, machine shed, Quonset-style metal building, and two historic farmhouses: the original 1887 Ell-house and the c. 1935 Bungalow. The farmstead is dominated by the large barn constructed by Herman Nelson around 1916. The Nelson Farm grew to include 480 acres by 1921, making it one of the largest in Merrick County's Lone Tree Township. The Nelson Farm is significant for its role in local agricultural development and as a good example of the continual development of the family farm over several decades of use.
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