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Photograph of Sherman County Courthouse
Photograph by Ammodramus, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sherman County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Sherman County Courthouse, at 630 O St. in Loup City, Nebraska, is a historic Beaux Arts-style county courthouse that was built in 1920. Serving Sherman County still, it is a 60-by-74-foot building, topped by a cornice, and above that, mutules and a parapet.”

Wikipedia article Sherman County Courthouse (Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Sherman County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 630 O St., Loup City, 68853
  • When was it listed? January 1990
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
  • Precinct. South Loup City precinct
  • Architectural style. Beaux-Arts
  • National Register reference number. 89002225 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sherman County Courthouse between 2001 and 2016, burning about 6,051 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 burning4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 March 2015Debris and open burning50 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 March 2013Debris and open burning1,000 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 December 2016Debris and open burning5,000 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Sherman County

Storms near this property

60 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loup City, the town this property stands in, in 90 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 51 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017HailLoup City$2,000,000Hail up to the size of baseballs fell across Loup City, lasting about 20 minutes.
July 2014HailLoup City$1,000,000Hail ranged in size from quarters to golf balls and was covering the ground in some locations.
June 2022HailLoup City$500,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLoup City$400,000no account filed
June 2003HailLoup City$125,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLoup City$125,000no account filed
July 2000HailLoup City$100,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLoup City$75,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in some large trees being downed in Loup City, blocking a few streets.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLoup City$60,000no account filed
June 1997HailLoup City$60,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLoup City$50,000Wind gusts of 65 MPH and 69 MPH were measured by a mesonet station located six miles north-northwest of Loup City. A wind gust of 71 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located six miles north-northeast of Sherman Reservoir.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLoup City$50,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH knocked over an irrigation pivot.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLoup City$50,000Wind gusts were estimated at 70 MPH, resulting in a large tree branch approximately 18 inches in diameter to fall onto a vehicle in Loup City.
August 1993Tornado (F1)Loup City$50,000A tornado touched down southwest of Loup City, destroying two grain bins, several outbuildings, and damaging the roof of a house. The tornado then travelled 6 miles northeast and lifted near Loup City.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindLoup City$50,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLoup City$50,000no account filed
September 2015HailLoup City$35,000no account filed
July 2016Flash FloodLoup City$25,000Heavy rainfall over a few hours resulted in water running over the intersection of Highways 70 and 58 east of Arcadia for a short time. There were portions of a number of county roads and driveways covered with water. Ground truth rainfall totals ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
June 2014HailLoup City$25,000Hail ranged from quarters to ping pong balls in size.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLoup City$25,000Wind gusts estimated near 60 mph resulted in tree damage and power outages in Loup City.
July 2015HailLoup City$25,000no account filed
August 2007HailLoup City$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailLoup City$25,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLoup City$25,000no account filed
May 1998HailLoup City$20,000no account filed
June 2018HailLoup City$15,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodLoup City$10,000Water was rushing across highway 92 west of Loup City and just east of the Custer County line. Two to three inches of rain fell across western and southern portions of Sherman County on already saturated soil.
May 2007HailLoup City$10,000no account filed
July 2004HailLoup City$10,000no account filed
July 2000HailLoup City$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLoup City$10,000no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindLoup City$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH knocked down a flag pole and two large trees.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLoup City$5,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Two tree limbs approximately 6-8 inches in diameter were downed, and a roof-mounted TV antenna was left hanging off the side of the house.
September 2008HailLoup City$5,000no account filed
May 1999HailLoup City$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailLoup City$5,000no account filed
July 1995HailLoup City$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLoup City$2,000NWS Cooperative Observer reported minor tree damage in town.
June 2008HailLoup City$2,000Penny to quarter size hail was reported.
June 2008HailLoup City$2,000no account filed
July 2000HailLoup City$2,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLoup City$2,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLoup City-Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in a few small limbs downed onto Highway 58 just northwest of Loup City.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLoup City-Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in small tree limbs being downed in Loup City.
June 2018Heavy RainLoup City-A storm total rainfall amount of 3.36 inches occurred five miles north-northwest of Sherman Reservoir, and 3.15 inches occurred two miles west of Loup City.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLoup City-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
April 2017HailLoup City-Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported.
August 2017Flash FloodLoup City-Widespread 3 to 5 inches of rain fell over the area. Water was running over 789th Road between 471st and 472nd Avenues. Flash flooding evolved into an areal flood during the night and lasted until early morning Thursday, August 17th.
August 2017HailLoup City-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 10 and Litchfield Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLoup City-The Sherman County Sheriff estimated that 60 to 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts occurred at the intersection of Highway 58 and 477th Road.
August 2017Heavy RainLoup City-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.25 inches was recorded 2 miles west of Loup City.
July 2016Heavy RainLoup City-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours was 3.76 inches, much of which fell in past 3-4 hours.
May 2013Heavy RainLoup City-A storm total rainfall of 4.28 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
May 2013Heavy RainLoup City-A storm total rainfall of 4.01 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLoup City-A large tree was uprooted in Loup City.
July 2009HailLoup City-Pea to ping pong ball size hail reported.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Loup City-The public reported a brief tornado south of Loup City.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Loup City-Another tornado was spotted for a short time just southeast of Loup City by a deputy sheriff.
August 1993HailLoup City-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 to 75 mph brought down large trees and power lines in Loup City. Dime-size hail was also reported.
April 2022HailLoup City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sherman County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Loup City Township Carnegie Libraryunder 500 feet2007
Frederick Hotel0.1 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89002225 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sherman CountyAll 3 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.