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Fiske & Meginnis, Architects was an architecture firm partnership from 1915–1924 between Ferdinand C. Fiske (1856–1930) and Harry Meginnis in Lincoln, Nebraska.Twelve of the buildings they designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
The final 228 acres, known as Foundation Prairie, were purchased in 2005. Approximately one-third of Foundation Prairie has never been plowed. The Foundation Prairie moved the Nature Center's western border to Southwest 56th Street. [4] In 2008, the Nebraska legislature voted to move the Nebraska State Fair from Lincoln to Grand Island. [5] In ...
Anaconda, Anaconda Main Street Program, selected as one of three pilot projects for the Montana Main Street Program on April 6, 2006. [ 60 ] Baker , member since 2020
1875 December, public library founded. [11] 1877 Union Pacific railroad begins service. 1880. Herpolsheimer's and Miller & Paine department stores founded. Lincoln Telephone Exchange organized. 1881 City Water Works begin. [11] 1885 City council votes to establish a full-time paid Fire Department. 1886. Volunteer fire companies disband.
The downtown section of O Street is Lincoln's largest bar and nightclub district. [147] There is also the Bourbon Theatre, which is primarily used for bands in the metal rock and other related genres. Lincoln is the hometown of Zager and Evans, known for their international hit record "In the Year 2525" (1969). [148]
StarTran is the public transit bus system in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.It operates 18 regular bus routes and a downtown circulator service on weekdays from 5:15 a.m. to 9:55 p.m. and Saturdays from 5:55 a.m. to 7:05 p.m.
S. 13th Street at alleyway south of "N" St., looking north in 1942. The Lincoln Army Airfield was established in 1942 at the site. During World War II, over 25,000 aviation mechanics were trained with over 40,000 troopers being processed for combat. The Army closed the base in 1945. The Air Force reactivated the base during the Korean War in 1952.
The original Nebraska Governor's Mansion was a Neoclassical Revival private home built in 1890 for D. E. Thompson. [2] In 1899, the state of Nebraska purchased the property, its furnishings, and the two lots upon which it sat from Thompson for $21,385 ($783,000 in 2023 dollars). [2]