Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (Nebraska City, Nebraska)

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Nebraska City, Nebraska
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The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, also known as William Baumer Post No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), and as the Civil War Veterans Museum, is an historic building located at 908 (now 910) 1st Corso in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in the United States. The hall was built in 1895 and on February 25, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

History

The Romanesque style Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall was designed and built in 1895 by Harry Lawrie and George Lee Fisher and was the meeting place of the William Baumer Post No. 24, which was one of 354 GAR posts in Nebraska. The hall has been restored and is now the Civil War Veterans Museum at the G.A.R. Memorial Hall.

ee also

* Grand Army of the Republic
* Grand Army of the Republic Hall (disambiguation)
* List of Registered Historic Places in Nebraska
* Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

References

External links

* [http://www.civilwarmuseumnc.org/ Civil War Veterans Museum at the G.A.R. Memorial Hall]
* [http://www.civilwarmuseumnc.org/post24.html William Baumer Post 24, GAR]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NE/Otoe/state.html National register listings for Otoe County]
* [http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_(G.A.R.)_Memorial_Hall Archiplanet listing]
* [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/otoe.htm State of Nebraska listings for Otoe County]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/ Library of Congress lists of GAR posts by state]