Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Frank House

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 11, 2020

1. The Frank House Marker

Inscription. The Frank House
National Register
Of Historic Places
1973

Erected 1973.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.

Location. 40° 42.048′ N, 99° 6.513′ W. Marker is in Kearney, Nebraska, in Buffalo County. It can be reached from University Drive 0.2 miles east of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2010 University Drive, Kearney NE 68849, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Nebraska and in the Platte River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the prairies.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Buffalo County’s Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hostetler Amphitheatre

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Kearney State College Memorial Carillon Tower (approx. 0.7 miles away); University of Nebraska at Kearney (approx. ¾ mile away); Baldwin Engine 481 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Loup River Freighter Hotel (approx. 1.4 miles away); Shelton Union Pacific Depot (approx. 1.4 miles away); German Baptist Church of the Brethren (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kearney.

Also see . . . George W. Frank House Information. (Submitted on March 31, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.)

The Frank House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 11, 2020

2. The Frank House

G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, September 11, 2020

3. G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture

Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 327 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 31, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.