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1895 house expanded into a hotel in 1914—when Long Pine boomed as a major railroad terminus—exhibiting an old-fashioned "longitudinal block" layout more typical of Nebraska's earliest hotels. [26] Now a local history museum. [27]
Nebraska has many historic houses. The following list includes houses, apartments, rowhouses and other places of residence that are independently listed or included in historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places, or as officially designated Omaha Landmarks:
Hadleigh Castle was first built by Hubert de Burgh, the 1st Earl of Kent, who was a key supporter of King John. [4] De Burgh was given the honour of Rayleigh by John in 1215 as a reward for his services, but chose not to develop the existing caput of Rayleigh Castle, instead building a new fortification south of the town of Hadleigh. [4]
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; c. 1170 – before 5 May 1243) was an English nobleman who served as Chief Justiciar of England (1215–1232) and Justiciar of Ireland (1232) during the reigns of King John and his son and successor King Henry III and, as Regent of England (1219–1227) during Henry's minority, was one of the most influential and ...
Cantley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, in the English county of Norfolk. Cantley is located 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Loddon and 9.4 miles (15.1 km) east of Norwich. The village is within the Broads Special Protection Area and lies on the north bank of the River Yare.
The Nebraska legislature created the Insane Asylum in Norfolk in 1885; [11] it accepted its first patients in 1888. [4]: 84 In 1920, the institution's name was changed to the Norfolk State Hospital; in 1962, it became the Norfolk Regional Center. [11] As of 2010, it was a 120-bed institution providing the initial phase of treatment to sex ...
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The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act of 1862 during the 1860s, and in 1867 was admitted to the Union as the 37th U.S. state.