Ross, Nimrod, House

445 S. 30th St., Lincoln, Nebraska. County/parish: Lancaster.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 25, 1999. NRIS 99000747.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • NeHBS No. LC13:E8-236

From Wikipedia:

Nimrod Ross House

The Nimrod Ross House is a historic cottage in Lincoln, Nebraska. Probably built by carpenter Henry Brueckner in 1903, it belonged to Nimrod and Ellen Ross from 1904 to 1917. Nimrod Ross was a freedman, who was born a slave in Tennessee in 1863 and became one of the first African-American police officers in Lincoln, Nebraska in the early 1900s. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73919761

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