The Commercial Hotel (Verdigre, Nebraska)

The Commercial Hotel in Verdigre, Nebraska, also known as the Verdigre Hotel, is a hotel built in 1900 without indoor plumbing and without gas or electricity, but rather with use of kerosene lamps for lighting. With Verdigre the end of a railroad line and the hub of hog drives, the town needed more hotel space than was supplied by two hotels built previously.[2]

Commercial Hotel, The
The Commercial Hotel (Verdigre, Nebraska) is located in Nebraska
The Commercial Hotel (Verdigre, Nebraska)
The Commercial Hotel (Verdigre, Nebraska) is located in the United States
The Commercial Hotel (Verdigre, Nebraska)
Location117 Main St., Verdigre, Nebraska
Coordinates42°36′00″N 98°02′00″W / 42.6°N 98.033333°W / 42.6; -98.033333
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
NRHP reference No.90000563[1]
Added to NRHPApril 5, 1990

The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1] It was deemed to be an "excellent representative of first generation hotels, built between 1854 and 1900" in Nebraska.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Carol Ahlgren and Greg Miller (November 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Commercial Hotel / Verdigre Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved December 14, 2016. with three photos from 1989
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