The Hub Building in
Burwell, Nebraska
Burwell is a city in Garfield County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Garfield County.
History
Burwell was platted in 1883. In 1887, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was ...
, also known as the Burwell's Modern Cash Department Store, was built in 1906. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2006.
[
It is a three-story building about in plan with a full basement. Its walls are built of rusticated concrete which appears to be stone. It has a tin ]Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...
-style cornice and has a parapet
A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). ...
inscribed with "1906 / H.J. Coffin".
Space in the Hub Building was donated for temporary use by the community's library, supporting the community's efforts to obtain funding and construct the Burwell Carnegie Library, completed in 1914.[ With .]
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
Italianate architecture in Nebraska
Buildings and structures completed in 1906
Buildings and structures in Garfield County, Nebraska
1906 establishments in Nebraska
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