NRHP: Nuckolls County Courthouse
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Nuckolls County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 89002219
NRHP Listing Date: 19900110
Location
150 S Main, Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
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Summary
The county was organized in 1871, during a period of rapid settlement in the state. In 1872 the centrally located community of Nelson was elected county seat over Elkton and Vernon. A modest courthouse was built the following year. The courthouse soon proved inadequate and the county rented space in the Nelson opera house. Attempts to build a new courthouse were initially blocked by the town of Superior, which hoped to gain the county seat, by repeatedly derailing votes on bond issues for the new courthouse in Nelson. Finally, in 1889 a bond issued passed and construction began and was completed the following year.
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