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Alliance is located at the western edge of Nebraska's Sand Hills. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.73 square miles (12.25 km 2 ), of which 4.72 square miles (12.22 km 2 ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) is water.
The Alliance Commercial Historic District, located roughly along Box Butte Ave. in Alliance, Nebraska is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It includes Romanesque and Mission/Spanish Revival architecture amidst its 44 contributing buildings over 17.4 acres (7.0 ha). [1]
Its county seat is Alliance. [2] The county was formed in 1886; it took its name from a large box-shaped butte north of Alliance. In the Nebraska license plate system, Box Butte County is represented by the prefix 65 (it had the sixty–fifth largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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]
The City of Alliance Central Park Fountain, located at 10th St. and Niobrara Ave. in Alliance, Nebraska, was built in 1935 by Civilian Conservation Corps workers. In 1935, it was spectacular, having colored lights and timers. It was completed in time for "Stampede Days" of June, 1935, in Alliance. [2]
The Box Butte County Courthouse, which is located on Box Butte Ave. between E. 5th and 6th Sts. in Alliance, Nebraska, is a historic building that was built in 1913. It was designed by Rose & Peterson in Beaux Arts architectural style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Carhenge. Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, [1] Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint.
Alliance Municipal Airport (IATA: AIA [2], ICAO: KAIA, FAA LID: AIA) is in Box Butte County, Nebraska, three miles southeast of the city of Alliance, which owns it. [1] Denver Air Connection offers scheduled passenger flights to Denver, which are subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.