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Hastings, Nebraska

Well-known buildings are usually notable for their architectural size or history. That is certainly the case of the City Auditorium, constructed between 1922 and 1924 at a cost of nearly $130,000. City fathers originally envisioned a showplace containing a bandstand, museum, and outdoor mall with bleacher seating for 20,000 people. The dimensions of the final plans, 126 x 175 feet with a capacity of 2,650 were more modest, but the building is still immense by local standards. What really set apart the City Auditorium are the events it has hosted. Nearly everyone in South Central Nebraska has attended events such as school concerts and graduations, fifty years of the Shrine Circus, community concerts, trade and hobby shows, pancake feeds and scouting events. Recent renovations to the building, call a "Monument to Community Spirit" when it opened over 75 years ago indicate that it will continue to be one of the most used city facilities in the next generation.

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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

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Crane Meadows Observatory

Crane Meadows Nature Center is a year-round educational organization dedicated to providing an understanding of, and access to, the ecosystems of the Platte River valley. Open daily, with expanded hours during the crane season (8 a.m.-6 p.m.)

Hastings, NE Recreation

Highland Park Cemetery

Hastings' first cemetery contains sculpture commemorating Oregon Trail travelers of the 1800

Hastings, NE Cemeteries

The Stein Building

For 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 Second Street, the Stein building was easily identifiable by the unique lion'

Hastings, NE National Register

McCormick Hall

Hastings 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 the initial contribution for the building'

Hastings, NE National Register

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Lovitt Historical Site

Between A.D. 1675-1725 Apache peoples known as the Dismal River Complex (and related to populations in the southwest, eastern...