The Jasper A. Ware House, now known as the Wildwood Historic Center, is a historic one-and-a-half-story house in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It was built in 1869 for Jasper A. Ware, a farmer, real estate investor and co-founder of the Midland Pacific Railway.[2] It was designed in the Gothic Revival style, with a "gabled roof, segmental arches, projecting gabled entrance pavilion, pointed arch window over entrance door, simple wooden tracery under two end gables."[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 16, 1973.[1]
Jasper A. Ware House | |
 The house in 2012 | |
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| Nearest city | Nebraska City, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′18″N 95°52′48″W / 40.67167°N 95.88000°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001070[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 16, 1973 |
See also
edit- Boscobel (Nebraska City, Nebraska), home of another co-founder of the railroad, also NRHP-listed
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Persijs Kolberg (March 31, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jasper A. Ware House / Wildwood Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved May 25, 2019. With accompanying 10 photos from c.1968 to 1979
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