Dowse Sod House
Historic house in Nebraska, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The William R. Dowse House, more commonly known as the Dowse Sod House, is a sod house in Custer County in the central portion of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. It was built in 1900 and occupied until 1959. After a long period of neglect, it was restored beginning in about 1981, and opened as a museum in 1982.
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William R. Dowse House | |
Location | 80560 Oak Grove Rd.[1] |
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Nearest city | Comstock, Nebraska |
Coordinates | 41°30′39.9″N 99°15′40.7″W |
Built | 1900 |
NRHP reference No. | 86003365[2] |
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The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as "an excellent example of the sod house phenomenon", and as one of the few surviving sod houses in Nebraska.[3]