Jct. of 2nd and Broadway Sts., SE corner, Butte, Nebraska. County/parish: Boyd.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 07, 1992. NRIS 91001751.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic School in Butte, Nebraska, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
It is a parochial school designed by William L. Steele. It was built and began operations in 1909, and is a typical example of such schools built in many Catholic communities of Nebraska in the early 20th century.
It is a 2+1⁄2-story Renaissance Revival style building built upon a raised basement. It was deemed "a good example of a parochial school building". It was built by Sioux City contractor B.E. Short, with brick work done by Sioux City's Steele Corporation. It housed children in a dormitory on the top, attic floor. The second floor provided a music room and quarters for the nuns who taught the school. The first floor has two large classrooms with double doors that opened into a chapel room in between, and a central hall. The basement was used for cooking, dining, and laundry. It is topped by a hipped roof with eight shingled dormers, a shingled belfry, and an air circulation vent with a white metal cross above.
It is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of 2nd and Broadway Streets.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73920100