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Hastings, Nebraska

  • The Clarke Hotel

    The Clarke HotelWhen the Clarke Hotel was dedicated in February 1914, it was hailed as a triumph of local initiative. It was designed by architect C.W. Way and built by the John Hamper Company, both of Hastin...
    The Clarke Hotel
  • Nebraska Loan and Trust Company

    Nebraska Loan and Trust CompanyCities and agricultural areas need capital to finance growth. Nebraska Loan and Trust Company, organized in 1882 with James B. Heartwell as need in Hastings by providing a means for Eastern Ca...
    Nebraska Loan and Trust Company
  • The Stein Building

    The Stein BuildingFor more than 30 years after the turn of the century, the Stein Brothers Store provided quality merchandise from all over the world to south central Nebraska shoppers. Located at 620 West Seco...
    The Stein Building
  • Victory Building

    Victory BuildingThe Victory Building, named to commemorate America's victory in World War I, is one of Nebraska's finest examples of early 20th Century industrial architecture. It was constructed between 1917...
    Victory Building
  • Chautauqua Pavilion

    Chautauqua Pavilion

    In November 1905, Georgia evangelist, Lincoln McConnell, conducted a series of revival meetings in Hastings. The meetings proved so popular that a group of local businessmen and the Re...
    Chautauqua Pavilion

  • McCormick Hall

    McCormick HallHastings College opened in September 1882. In April 1883, ground was broken for McCormick Hall, the first building erected on the campus. It was named for reaper inventor, Cyrus McCormick, who made th...
    McCormick Hall
  • Thirty-Two-Mile Station Historical Site

    Constructed in 1860, Thirty-two-Mile Creek Station, or Clarke's Ranch, was a "home" station on the famed Pony Express Route, providing meals as well as fresh horses. The establishment, opera...
    Thirty-Two-Mile Station Historical Site
  • Antioch School (District 20 School)

    Antioch School (District 20 School)Adams County School District 20 was formed on September 23, 1872. Replacing sod and frame structures, the red brick schoolhouse was built in 1902 and is a well-preserved example of the one-room rural ...
    Antioch School (District 20 School)

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Hastings Parks

Brickyard Park - Woodland & D St.

Built on the site of a former brick-making factory where ramains of the kilns can still be seen. Walking trail, picnic shelter, basketball courts,

Hastings, NE Recreation


The Strand Theatre

Studded in bright lights, the Strand Theatre marquee heralded first-run showings of such movie classics as "From Here to Eternity" and "The sound of Music." For almost seventy years the Strand was the grand dame of motion picture entertainment in Hastings. The Strand'

Hastings, NE Theatres


Hastings College Clyde Sachtleben Observatory

Astronomy presentations and night sky viewings every other Saturday, weather permitting. The STARLINE provides observatory show times and dates and astronomy activities in the area. Named in honor of Dr. Clyde Sachtleben, 40-year physics professor

Hastings, NE Observatories

Things to do near Hastings, NE

Gibbon Heritage Museum

The museum is housed in the oldest standing church in Buffalo County. It contains a library of photographs dating back to 187...

Art & Gift Gallery

Located in historic downtown North Platte, the Art and Gift Gallery is the largest co-op gallery in the state. Five gallerie...

Walter Klem House

The Walter Klem House, designed in the English Cottage style, is located in Kearney. Historic housing stock in the city pred...

Hitchcock County Musuem

The Hitchcock County Museum invites you to travel throughout a complex of six buildings furnished with artifacts that histori...