The Hub Building in

Burwell, Nebraska Burwell is a city in Garfield County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Garfield County. History Burwell was platted in 1883. In 1887, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad wa ...

, also known as the Burwell's Modern Cash Department Store, was built in 1906. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 2006. It is a three-story building about in plan with a full basement. Its walls are built of rusticated concrete which appears to be stone. It has a tin

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italia ...

-style

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

and has a

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). ...

inscribed with "1906 / H.J. Coffin". Space in the Hub Building was donated for temporary use by the community's library, supporting the community's efforts to obtain funding and construct the

Burwell Carnegie Library The Garfield County Library, also known as the Burwell Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library in Burwell, Nebraska. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. A library for the community of Burwell was a goal ...

, completed in 1914. With .

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* Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Italianate architecture in Nebraska Buildings and structures completed in 1906 Buildings and structures in Garfield County, Nebraska 1906 establishments in Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub