Wallace W. Waterman Sod House
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The Wallace W. Waterman Sod House near Big Springs, Nebraska
is a sod house
built in 1886. It was modified in 1925 for continued use, including a layer of concrete being applied. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 1995. The listing included two contributing buildings, the second being a small outbuilding from 1925.
Big Springs, Nebraska
Big Springs is a village in Deuel County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 418 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Big Springs 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...
built in 1886. It was modified in 1925 for continued use, including a layer of concrete being applied. 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 1995. The listing included two contributing buildings, the second being a small outbuilding from 1925.