Hub Building

The Hub Building in Burwell, Nebraska, also known as the Burwell's Modern Cash Department Store, was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

Hub Building
Location180 Grand Ave., Burwell, Nebraska
Coordinates42.585278°N 99.537778°W / 42.585278; -99.537778
Arealess than one acre
Built1906
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.06000558[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 2006

It is a three-story building about 50 by 80 feet (15 m × 24 m) in plan with a full basement. Its walls are built of rusticated concrete which appears to be stone. It has a tin Italianate-style cornice and has a parapet inscribed with "1906 / H.J. Coffin".[2]

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.[3]

  • Crest of building

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Melissa Schere (February 28, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hub Building / Burwell's Modern Cash Department Store". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. Stacy Stupka-Burda (March 10, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Burwell Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2017. With six photos.
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