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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (Nebraska City, Nebraska)

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Built
  
1894–95

Opened
  
1895

Added to NRHP
  
25 February 1994

NRHP Reference #
  
94000067

Architectural style
  
Romanesque architecture

Architect
  
Harry Lawrie

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (Nebraska City, Nebraska)

Location
  
Nebraska City, Nebraska

Similar
  
Nebraska City Bridge, Otoe County Courthouse, St Benedict's Catholic, First United Methodist Church, Civil War Veterans Museum

The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, also known as William Baumer Post No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), and as the Civil War Veterans Museum, is a historic building located at 908 (now 910) 1st Corso in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in the United States. The hall was built in 1894–95. In 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

History

The Richardsonian Romanesque Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall was designed and built in 1894–95 by architects Fisher & Lawrie, and was the meeting place of the William Baumer Post No. 24, which was one of 354 GAR posts in Nebraska. The hall has been restored and is now the Civil War Veterans Museum at the G.A.R. Memorial Hall.

References

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (Nebraska City, Nebraska) Wikipedia