Haymarket District | |||||||||||||
Image Alt: | View of some Haymarket District buildings | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Name: | United States | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Type2: | County | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Type3: | City | ||||||||||||
Subdivision Name3: | Lincoln | ||||||||||||
Timezone1: | Central (CST) | ||||||||||||
Utc Offset1: | -6 | ||||||||||||
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT | ||||||||||||
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 | ||||||||||||
Postal Code: | 68508 | ||||||||||||
Area Code: | 402 | ||||||||||||
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Haymarket District is a historic section of downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
The area is a tourist attraction[1] and home to the Haymarket Park baseball stadium. Its historic significance has been recognized by being listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lincoln Haymarket Historic District.[2]
The name Haymarket originated from the 1867 market square where hay, and travel items, were marketed. The warehouses have been readapted as retail shops.
The district held a Halloween event in 2018.[3]
Buildings in the district were designed by various firms including Fiske & Meginnis and Meginnis and Schaumberg.The historic J. C. Ridnour Building (1925) designed by Meginnis and Schaumberg is in the district.[4]