Jackson-Einspahr Sod House
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The Jackson-Einspahr Sod House near Holstein, Nebraska
is a sod house
that was built in 1881. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 2006.
Holstein, Nebraska
Holstein is a village in Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 229 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Holstein is located at ....
is a sod house
Sod house
The sod house or "soddy" was a corollary to the log cabin during frontier settlement of Canada and the United States. The prairie lacked standard building materials such as wood or stone; however, sod from thickly-rooted prairie grass was abundant...
that was built in 1881. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2006.