Eagle's Club
325 S. K StFairbury NE 68352
Ph: (402) 729-2559
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 30, 1854, created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which had to be surveyed before settlement of the prairies could proceed. On May 8, 1855, Charles A. Manners set a cast-iron monument on the bluff west of the Missouri river at 40-degrees north latitude. In 1855
Fairbury, NE Historical Markers
What is today known as the Ackerman Building was originally called the I.0.0.F. Temple Building. It was the first building downtown to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building housed the International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 54 and was built in 1894-1
Fairbury, NE National Register
1112 C Street: American Foursquare home built in 1902 by B.G. Dawson.
1016 D Street: Gothic-Georgian Revival 1910 Showhouse built by architect W.F. Gernandt.
822 E Street: Italiante home built in the 1870s.
1007 E Street:
Fairbury, NE Tours
The Fairbury Journal-News once printed that the Jefferson County Courthouse was not a museum, but perhaps it should qualify. Business is still conducted daily but visitors may wish to stop in just to have a look at the building and it's contents. Built in 1891 at a cost of $60,000
Fairbury, NE Historic Courthouses