Rackett Grange Hall No. 318 Explained

Rackett Grange Hall # 318
Nearest City:Oshkosh, Nebraska
Coordinates:41.6647°N -102.2047°W
Built:1926
Architect:Mardis, Sam
Architecture:Western false front
Added:July 5, 2001
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:01000713

The Rackett Grange Hall No. 318, also known as Rackett Community Hall and denoted NeHBS No. GD04-002, is a building in rural Garden County, Nebraska, United States, that was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

It was located in the town of Rackett, which no longer exists; it is now located in a remote area within what is now Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

It is a false-front commercial building; other historic resources of the property are a shed, an outhouse, and a well with a hand pump. The property is significant for its association with the Grange, the Patrons of Husbandry movement. The building also is significant as a now-rare example of the once-common style of false-front architecture.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rackett Grange Hall #318 / Rackett Community Hall NeHBS #GD04-002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620214255/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/garden/GD04-002_Rackett_GrangeHall.pdf . usurped . June 20, 2010 . Greg Miller . March 2001 . National Park Service.