National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherry County, Nebraska facts for kids

Location of Cherry County in Nebraska

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherry County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.

There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, and one former listing.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Adamson Bridge		June 29, 1992 (#92000749)	Nebraska Highway 97 over the Niobrara River, 7.8 miles southwest of Valentine 42°48′26″N 100°40′20″W / 42.807222°N 100.672222°W / 42.807222; -100.672222 (Adamson Bridge)	Valentine	Located on a different road alignment than the current crossing (a concrete beam bridge built c. 1994), this bridge seems to be gone based on aerial photo view of its coordinates and on photos taken at the site in 2014.
2	Bell Bridge		June 29, 1992 (#92000752)	County road over the Niobrara River, 11.9 miles northeast of Valentine 42°53′42″N 100°19′20″W / 42.895°N 100.322222°W / 42.895; -100.322222 (Bell Bridge)	Valentine	Bridge built in 1903; one of oldest surviving Pratt through truss bridges in Cherry County and the state; one of only four bridges in the county surviving ice melt flood of 1916.
3	Berry State Aid Bridge		June 29, 1992 (#92000753)	County road over the Niobrara River, 10 miles northeast of Valentine 42°54′07″N 100°21′44″W / 42.901944°N 100.362222°W / 42.901944; -100.362222 (Berry State Aid Bridge)	Valentine	Built 1920-21, replacing one of the four that survived.
4	Borman Bridge		June 29, 1992 (#92000751)	County road over the Niobrara River, 2.3 miles southeast of Valentine 42°51′07″N 100°31′15″W / 42.851944°N 100.520833°W / 42.851944; -100.520833 (Borman Bridge)	Valentine	Pinned Pratt through truss 1916 replacement for one of the bridges that was destroyed in the flood.
5	Brewer Bridge		June 29, 1992 (#92000754)	County road over the Niobrara River, 14.7 miles east of Valentine 42°52′34″N 100°15′58″W / 42.876111°N 100.266111°W / 42.876111; -100.266111 (Brewer Bridge)	Valentine
6	Bryan Bridge		June 23, 1988 (#88000912)	U.S. Route 20 42°49′56″N 100°31′41″W / 42.832222°N 100.528056°W / 42.832222; -100.528056 (Bryan Bridge)	Valentine
7	Cherry County Courthouse		January 10, 1990 (#89002229)	4th and Main Sts. 42°52′34″N 100°33′04″W / 42.876111°N 100.551111°W / 42.876111; -100.551111 (Cherry County Courthouse)	Valentine
8	Dry Valley Church and Cemetery		July 3, 2007 (#07000660)	West of Nebraska Highway 97 north of Mullen 42°15′50″N 101°05′10″W / 42.263889°N 101.086111°W / 42.263889; -101.086111 (Dry Valley Church and Cemetery)	Mullen
9	Spade Ranch		February 28, 1980 (#80002464)	Northwest of Ellsworth 42°18′23″N 102°04′47″W / 42.306389°N 102.079722°W / 42.306389; -102.079722 (Spade Ranch)	Ellsworth
10	Twin Bridge		June 29, 1992 (#92000750)	North Loup River, 7.9 miles northwest of Brownlee 42°20′00″N 100°45′45″W / 42.333332°N 100.762407°W / 42.333332; -100.762407 (Twin Bridge)	Brownlee
11	US Post Office-Valentine		December 13, 1991 (#91001750)	348 N. Main St. 42°52′32″N 100°33′01″W / 42.87564°N 100.55029°W / 42.87564; -100.55029 (US Post Office-Valentine)	Valentine	One of 12 Nebraska post offices featuring a Section of Fine Arts mural. The $700 mural in the post office was both praised and panned when it was originally produced. Now the Valentine Media Center, operated by Educational Service Unit #17.
12	Valentine Public School		June 14, 1984 (#84002454)	3rd and Macomb Sts. 42°52′31″N 100°32′49″W / 42.87541°N 100.54702°W / 42.87541; -100.54702 (Valentine Public School)	Valentine	Now operated as a museum.
13	F.M. Walcott House		October 7, 1982 (#82000599)	431 N. Hall St. 42°52′40″N 100°32′58″W / 42.877694°N 100.549444°W / 42.877694; -100.549444 (F.M. Walcott House)	Valentine	Deemed locally significant architecturally "as an example of a vernacular Neo-Classical Revival dwelling, based upon earlier upright-with-wing or templeform houses common to the Greek Revival style in the eastern and midwestern states" and for association with F. M. Walcott, a county attorney and county judge who had one of the largest legal practices in Nebraska.