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Monday, August 30, 2021

Downtown Pender, Nebraska

Eric and I like to walk around downtown areas when we are traveling.  Some, like Heritage Square in  Phoenix, have become preserved, historic districts. The Stockade in Schenectady  Some are listed on the National Register of Historic Places like The Stockade in Schenectady.  Most are a mix of older buildings from the late 1800s to 1900s with modern, mid to 1900s buildings mixed in.  





Downtown Pender is
like most downtowns.

It's a mix of old & 
newer buildings.




I don't know how old this building is.

There's no cornerstone with a date of
 construction to provide information.





The roofline of the Ace Hardware
Store shows that it was originally
two buildings.






The left side of the building has cornice work made of bricks.  The right side of the building's roofline is smooth.  Brickwork has been used to decorate the upper portion of the building.





To the left of the Ace Store is the
Tin Ceiling Square.

It is one of the Quilts of Pender






The Wachter Building
1892





Maryott & McHirron Building
1892




A corner shot to show off
the building's turret.






The side of the Maryott McHirron
Building has this mural celebrating
the Village's 125th Anniversary.



The building on the left may
have been built in the 1930s.

The building on the right has
minimal stone cornice work.
I wonder when it was built.









The Hesse Building
2006

The tradition of dating
buildings continues...





Opera Block
1891







The upper windows have been boarded up and the first floor has been reconfigured for a mix of businesses.






The Pender Centennial Mural
is on the side of the building.





This facade of this building is
being renovated.



It currently houses the Nebraska

This is not the first renovation
the building has undergone.




Pender's Veteran's Memorial
& Time Capsule in front of
Courthouse



The Peebles Building
1892

Compared to other buildings
of the late 1800s in Pender,
this one is modern looking.





More Pender murals...





This mural features the bridge
Pender's placement in Thurston










are celebrated in this mural.





Winter in 1920s Pender






Honoring Pender's Service
Men & Women














I'm glad to see so many older buildings are still standing in Pender.  Most of the building facades have been changed to accommodate modern uses.  Time does march on...

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