Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
“The Stolley Homestead Site is a historic house in Grand Island, Nebraska. It was built in 1858-1859 as a log cabin by William Stolley, an immigrant from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.”
Wikipedia article Stolley Homestead Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Hall County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Grand Island City in History of Hall County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, and Chronological Presentation of Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time, and Special Analysis of Its Military and Civil Participation in the Late World War, published 1920 names Grand Island. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
This chapter will only treat of the early settlement and civic development of Grand Island. Its city government will be detailed and the development and growth of its public utilities and parks. The part that Grand Island has played in the manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and financial achievements of Hall County will be merged in the separate chapters on those subjects that are to follow this one. Likewise will the growth of her churches be included in the treatment of their respective denominations, her schools treated as -a part of the school history of the county, the press, professions and social and fraternal institutions be taken up in separate chapters relating to those respective activities.
The original plat of Grand Island was filed for record September 29, 1866, and recorded in Book B, page 13, by Clerk Fred T. Evans. The document was found by Abstractor William Frank, at Omaha. Prior to this time Grand Island had nothing to show title to streets and alleys, beyond twenty-one years possession of the same, the county records then showing title only in the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Grand Island City - 6,308 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of William Stolley Homestead and Site of Fort Independence between 2010 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 December 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of William Stolley Homestead and Site of Fort Independence: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | ||
| Grand Island Talc Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Island, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 1996: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Hail | Grand Island | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Grand Island | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Grand Island | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Grand Island | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 64 mph at Grand Island. The roof of a convenience store on the east side of town received considerable damage. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Island | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Heinrich Giese House | 0.3 miles | 2006 |
 | Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer | 1.3 miles | 2015 |
 | Glade-Donald House | 1.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Andrew M. Hargis House | 1.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Oscar Roeser House | 1.5 miles | 1982 |
 | H. J. Bartenbach House | 1.5 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72001584 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hall County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
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