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Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...

Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The building was built in 1902 to serve both commercial and residential use. It functioned as such under various ownerships until it was sold in 1939 to the American Legion, Frank Griener Post No... More

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The theatre was the center of entertainment in the town of Niobrara. Architecturally, the theatre reflects simplicity in design with an arcaded entryway. The H.E. Bonesteel Company was one of the... More

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The theatre was the center of entertainment in the town of Niobrara. Architecturally, the theatre reflects simplicity in design with an arcaded entryway. The H.E. Bonesteel Company was one of the... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...

Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...

Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fourth & Maple Streets (moved to Santee Indian Reservation, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fourth & Maple Streets (moved to Santee I...

Significance: The Episcopal Church was the third church constructed in Niobrara and the last for a good number of years. The church is significant as an example of rural ecclesiastical architecture with Gothic... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

Monowi Tavern, Intersection of Broad Street and Grant Street (State Highway 12), Monowi, Boyd County, NE

Monowi Tavern, Intersection of Broad Street and Grant Street (State Hi...

2017 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: The Monowi Tavern (est. June 24, 1971) is the only business in the village of Monowi operated by its only resident, Elsie Eiler. Monowi is the only incorpora... More

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

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Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Best preserved of eight originally identical cottages design in the "Swiss Style." Survey number: HABS NJ-859 Building/structure dates: 1871- 1872 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Jacob Gruber House, Mount Pleasant Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Jacob Gruber House, Mount Pleasant Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasan...

See also HAER PA-14 for additional documentation. Earlier subsequent construction dates refer to barns & other outbuildings. Initial date refers to the actual house. Significance: This late nineteenth-century h... More

Jacob Gruber House, Mount Pleasant Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Jacob Gruber House, Mount Pleasant Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasan...

See also HAER PA-14 for additional documentation. Earlier subsequent construction dates refer to barns & other outbuildings. Initial date refers to the actual house. Significance: This late nineteenth-century h... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fourth & Maple Streets (moved to Santee Indian Reservation, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fourth & Maple Streets (moved to Santee I...

Significance: The Episcopal Church was the third church constructed in Niobrara and the last for a good number of years. The church is significant as an example of rural ecclesiastical architecture with Gothic... More

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The building was built in 1902 to serve both commercial and residential use. It functioned as such under various ownerships until it was sold in 1939 to the American Legion, Frank Griener Post No... More

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken Creek, North Heidelberg Township (moved to Willow Street, Lenhartsville, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken C...

Significance: In this example of a Pennsylvania German farm, the ensemble of farm buildings (termed die Bauerei) is compactly sited and takes advantage of the rolling contour of the land in an aesthetically ple... More

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken Creek, North Heidelberg Township (moved to Willow Street, Lenhartsville, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken C...

Significance: In this example of a Pennsylvania German farm, the ensemble of farm buildings (termed die Bauerei) is compactly sited and takes advantage of the rolling contour of the land in an aesthetically ple... More

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The theatre was the center of entertainment in the town of Niobrara. Architecturally, the theatre reflects simplicity in design with an arcaded entryway. The H.E. Bonesteel Company was one of the... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

State Bank of Niobrara, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

State Bank of Niobrara, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: Since the 1920s, the State Bank of Niobrara, organized in 1913, served as the only bank for the Niobrara community. Architecturally, it is a good example of the Georgian Revival style in the Neo-... More

State Bank of Niobrara, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

State Bank of Niobrara, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: Since the 1920s, the State Bank of Niobrara, organized in 1913, served as the only bank for the Niobrara community. Architecturally, it is a good example of the Georgian Revival style in the Neo-... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The building was built in 1902 to serve both commercial and residential use. It functioned as such under various ownerships until it was sold in 1939 to the American Legion, Frank Griener Post No... More

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...

Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fourth & Maple Streets (moved to Santee Indian Reservation, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fourth & Maple Streets (moved to Santee I...

Significance: The Episcopal Church was the third church constructed in Niobrara and the last for a good number of years. The church is significant as an example of rural ecclesiastical architecture with Gothic... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The building was built in 1902 to serve both commercial and residential use. It functioned as such under various ownerships until it was sold in 1939 to the American Legion, Frank Griener Post No... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Townshi...

Significance: This is a unique example of the convergence of Pennsylvania German industry, commerce, and agriculture. Because the land on the farm is substandard for the area, there was a constant effort by the... More

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The theatre was the center of entertainment in the town of Niobrara. Architecturally, the theatre reflects simplicity in design with an arcaded entryway. The H.E. Bonesteel Company was one of the... More

Jacob Gruber House, Mount Pleasant Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Jacob Gruber House, Mount Pleasant Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasan...

See also HAER PA-14 for additional documentation. Earlier subsequent construction dates refer to barns & other outbuildings. Initial date refers to the actual house. Significance: This late nineteenth-century h... More

Stamm Farm, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Stamm Farm, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berk...

Significance: This is a good example of a once-prosperous Pennsylvania German family farm that failed to adjust completely to the modernization process that occurred in American agriculture in the late nineteen... More

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...

Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More

Dundore Farm, Milk Shed, State Route 183 vicinty (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Milk Shed, State Route 183 vicinty (Penn Township), Moun...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-160 Survey number: HABS PA-261-E Building/structure dates: after. 1900- befor... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

W. W. Dwight's Jewelry Store, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The building was built in 1902 to serve both commercial and residential use. It functioned as such under various ownerships until it was sold in 1939 to the American Legion, Frank Griener Post No... More

First Presbyterian Church of Niobrara, Southeast corner of Sixth & Maple Streets, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

First Presbyterian Church of Niobrara, Southeast corner of Sixth & Map...

Significance: The Presbyterian Church, built in 1882, was the first church to be constructed in what was then the "new" townsite of Niobrara (established 1881). The congregation itself is believed to be the ol... More

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The theatre was the center of entertainment in the town of Niobrara. Architecturally, the theatre reflects simplicity in design with an arcaded entryway. The H.E. Bonesteel Company was one of the... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Best preserved of eight originally identical cottages design in the "Swiss Style." Survey number: HABS NJ-859 Building/structure dates: 1871- 1872 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

State Bank of Niobrara, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

State Bank of Niobrara, Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: Since the 1920s, the State Bank of Niobrara, organized in 1913, served as the only bank for the Niobrara community. Architecturally, it is a good example of the Georgian Revival style in the Neo-... More

Stamm Farm, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Stamm Farm, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berk...

Significance: This is a good example of a once-prosperous Pennsylvania German family farm that failed to adjust completely to the modernization process that occurred in American agriculture in the late nineteen... More

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken Creek, North Heidelberg Township (moved to Willow Street, Lenhartsville, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken C...

Significance: In this example of a Pennsylvania German farm, the ensemble of farm buildings (termed die Bauerei) is compactly sited and takes advantage of the rolling contour of the land in an aesthetically ple... More

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Koster's Theatre, North side of Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Significance: The theatre was the center of entertainment in the town of Niobrara. Architecturally, the theatre reflects simplicity in design with an arcaded entryway. The H.E. Bonesteel Company was one of the... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Best preserved of eight originally identical cottages design in the "Swiss Style." Survey number: HABS NJ-859 Building/structure dates: 1871- 1872 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also ... More

First Methodist Episcopal Church, East side of Fourth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

First Methodist Episcopal Church, East side of Fourth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: The Methodist Episcopal Church was built circa 1880 in the original waterfront town of Niobrara. In 1881-82, the church, along with many other structures, was moved to a "new" townsite after the ... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue (moved to Crofton, NE), Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

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