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Grand Island, Nebraska

  • Hall County Courthouse

    Hall County Courthouse

    One of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts Classicism architecture in the Midwest, the Hall County Courthouse was formally accepted in January, 1904. Note the central section's monumenta...
    Hall County Courthouse

  • William Stolley Homestead

    William Stolley Homestead William Stolley was one of a small band of German immigrants who came to the central Platte Valley of Nebraska Territory in 1857. Stolley filed the first squatter's claim in the county. He helped or...
    William Stolley Homestead
  • Hotel Yancey (Yancey Motor Hotel)

    Hotel Yancey (Yancey Motor Hotel)National Register of Historic Places

    Named for its proprietor, William L. Yancey, the hotel was begun in April of 1917, financed by the Bankers Realty Investment Company of Omaha, Nebraska, for ...
    Hotel Yancey (Yancey Motor Hotel)

  • Liederkranz

    LiederkranzNational Register of Historic Places

    Liederkranz means "a wreath of songs." In 1870, German settlers met to organize a German singing society to provide musical and social entertainment and to c...
    Liederkranz

  • Carnegie Public Library Building

    Carnegie Public Library BuildingNational Register of Historic Places

    On April 27, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt broke ground for the construction of a new Grand Island public library. A $20,000 Carnegie Corporation grant ...
    Carnegie Public Library Building

  • Mrs. H.J. Bartenbach House

    Mrs. H.J. Bartenbach HouseNational Register of Historic Places

    The house is a distinct and significant example of a Nebraska dwelling designed in the Moderne style of the 1930s, a style never widely popular in the state....
    Mrs. H.J. Bartenbach House

  • Glade-Donald House

    Glade-Donald HouseNational Register of Historic Places

    The Glade-Donald House is a distinctive example of the Shingle style. The house is completely sheathed with wooden shingles, and incorporates many bay and or...
    Glade-Donald House

  • Hamilton-Donald House

    Hamilton-Donald HouseNational Register of Historic Places

    The house was constructed by Henry Falldorf in 1905 for Ellsworth D. Hamilton, cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Grand Island. In 1908, Hamilton sold t...
    Hamilton-Donald House

  • Andrew M. Hargis House

    Andrew M. Hargis HouseNational Register of Historic Places.

    Built in 1898, the Andrew M. Hargis House is a fine example of the Queen Anne style and also incorporates Neo-Classical Revival detailing in its design. Ha...
    Andrew M. Hargis House

  • Oscar Roeser House

    Oscar Roeser HouseNational Register of Historic Places

    The Oscar Roeser House was built in 1908 by Henry H. Falldorf following the plans of architect Thomas Rogers Kimball. It is a unique example of German-Ameri...
    Oscar Roeser House

Attractions and Upcoming Events

St. Mary's Cathedral

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - National Register of Historic Places

St. Mary's Cathedral is one of the finest Late Gothic Revival churches in the state, constructed in 1926-28

Grand Island, NE Historic Churches

Soldiers Memorial

Located on the South lawn of the Courthouse the memorial reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY, 1861-1865 and the Spanish American War, 1898-1900"

Erected by the city of Grand Island, 1913

Grand Island, NE Memorials

Annual Husker Harvest Days

The largest working irrigation show in the United States, the Husker Harvest Days is jointly sponsored by the Agricultural Institute of Nebraska (AIN) and Farm Progress Companies, with Nebraska Farmer magazine as host.

When you drive to the show site six miles west of Grand Island, you'

Grand Island, NE FESTIVALS

Liederkranz

National Register of Historic Places

Liederkranz means "a wreath of songs." In 1870, German settlers met to organize a German singing society to provide musical and social entertainment and to cultivate the member'

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Andrew M. Hargis House

National Register of Historic Places.

Built in 1898, the Andrew M. Hargis House is a fine example of the Queen Anne style and also incorporates Neo-Classical Revival detailing in its design. Hargis founded the Grand Island Business and Normal College in 1885

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Things to do near Grand Island, NE

Midway Lake

Midway Canyon Reservoir is a beautiful lake with 609 acres of great fishing available. The area is home to many species of fi...

McConaughy's Winter Activities

Winter sees ice boaters on the lake, and skaters and skiers and backpackers. so its role as a recreation area is pretty much ...