The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in

Norfolk, Nebraska Norfolk ( or ) is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the nint ...

, United States, was built in 1904. Designed by

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, it includes

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. It served historically as a courthouse, as a correctional facility, and as a post office. It was listed on the

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in 1974. The building is now privately owned, and houses a number of offices. It has been named the McMill Building, the "McMill" deriving not from a person's name, but from the date in Roman numbers, MCMIII, above the west entrance.

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Sheryl Schmeckpeper (2000). ''Images of America: Norfolk, Nebraska''. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 45. See

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. Buildings and structures in Madison County, Nebraska Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Government buildings completed in 1904 Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub

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