Wheat Growers Hotel

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Location102 S. Oak St., Kimball, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°14′17″N103°39′37.6″W / 41.23806°N 103.660444°W / 41.23806; -103.660444 Coordinates: 41°14′17″N103°39′37.6″W / 41.23806°N 103.660444°W / 41.23806; -103.660444
Arealess than one acre
Built1918
Architectural style Early Commercial
NRHP reference No. 02000769 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 2002

The Wheat Growers Hotel, at 102 S. Oak St. in Kimball, Nebraska, is a historic hotel that was built in Early Commercial style in 1918. It was the largest hotel built in Kimball. It benefited from Union Pacific railway line expansion and the Lincoln Highway running through Kimball. [2]

The hotel has a wheat theme reflected in decorative elements of its building which "celebrates an important facet of the commercial and economic development of the city and county." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, at which time it was vacant. [1] [2]

In its NRHP nomination it was asserted to be significant "as an important resource in the commercial and economic development in the city of Kimball" and "as a good example of early twentieth-century commercial hotel design with good integrity." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Matthew T. Becker and Chad D. Moffett (March 25, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wheat Growers Hotel / Nebraska Historic Building Survey Site No. KM04-068". National Park Service. and accompanying 15 photos from 2001