National Register of Historic Places

Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House

Burwell, Valley County, Nebraska
Listed
April 4, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90000564

About this property

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. 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. 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.

Location

Burwell, Valley County, Nebraska
41.68446, -99.00966

Categories

EUROPEANARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Fort Hartsuff
Early Republic
2.8 mi
People's Unitarian Church
Colonial
7 mi
Valley County Courthouse
Industrial
7.1 mi
Burwell Bridge
Civil War
8.3 mi
Garfield County Frontier Fairgrounds
Listed
8.6 mi

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When was Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House listed on the National Register?

Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1990.

What type of historic resource is Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House?

Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House?

The period of significance for Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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