The Josef and Anna Beran Bruha House, located west of Elyria, near Burwell in Valley County, Nebraska, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Josef Bruha and Anna Beran | |
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| Location | West of Elyria, near Burwell, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′48″N 99°09′52″W / 41.663230°N 99.164542°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1884-1885 |
| Built by | Bruha, Josef |
| Architectural style | Dvoutrakt dum |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000564[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 5, 1990 |
It is one of only two examples in Valley County of the traditional Czech house type known as Dvoutrakt dum. It is a one-story house with brick walls and a hipped roof.[2]
According to the NRHP nomination, Josef Bruha immigrated to Valley County in 1884 with his wife Anna Beran and six children from Kamýk, Klatovy and Plzeň in Bohemia. They came directly to Valley County, where members of the Beran family were already located, and Josef had partway built the house and had tilled 55 acres (22 ha) of land by 1885.[2]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b David Murphy (October 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Josef and Anna Beran Bruha House / VY00-018". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2017. With four photos from 1987 and 1989.