NRHP: Thomas P. Majors Farmstead
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Thomas P. Majors Farmstead
NRHP Reference #: 78001707
NRHP Listing Date: 19780615
Location
800 Mulberry, Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska
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Summary
Located in Peru, the farmstead is associated with Thomas Jefferson Majors, born in 1841 in Jefferson County, Iowa. Majors served as state senator, lieutenant governor, and U.S. congressman. He was active in promoting the idea of using Old Mount Vernon College (1863) in Peru as a state normal school. His efforts were successful in 1867 when the property was given to the state and subsequently became Peru State College. The farmstead includes the 1890s two-story brick house, a bank barn, and several outbuildings.
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