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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Nebraska.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.

There are 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, and one former listing.

          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 10, 2025.

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Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Argo Hotel	More images	May 5, 1999 (#99000478)	211 Kansas St. 42°43′54″N 97°29′49″W / 42.731667°N 97.496944°W / 42.731667; -97.496944 (Argo Hotel)	Crofton
2	The Commercial Hotel	More images	April 5, 1990 (#90000563)	117 Main St. 42°36′00″N 98°02′00″W / 42.6°N 98.033333°W / 42.6; -98.033333 (The Commercial Hotel)	Verdigre
3	Congregational Church and Manse	More images	March 16, 1972 (#72000753)	Santee Sioux Reservation 42°50′19″N 97°50′46″W / 42.838611°N 97.846111°W / 42.838611; -97.846111 (Congregational Church and Manse)	Santee
4	Episcopal Church	More images	March 16, 1972 (#72000754)	On the Missouri River in the Santee Sioux Reservation 42°50′27″N 97°50′15″W / 42.84085°N 97.83763°W / 42.84085; -97.83763 (Episcopal Church)	Santee
5	Gross State Aid Bridge	More images	June 29, 1992 (#92000773)	County road 885 Rd over Verdigris Creek, 3.5 miles north and 0.2 miles west of Verdigre 42°39′16″N 98°02′34″W / 42.654444°N 98.042778°W / 42.654444; -98.042778 (Gross State Aid Bridge)	Verdigre
6	Knox County Courthouse	More images	July 5, 1990 (#90000972)	Main St. between Brazile and Bridge Sts. 42°36′32″N 97°52′37″W / 42.608889°N 97.876944°W / 42.608889; -97.876944 (Knox County Courthouse)	Center
7	Niobrara River Bridge	More images	November 12, 1992 (#92001576)	Over the Niobrara River 1.3 miles northwest of Niobrara 42°46′00″N 98°02′55″W / 42.766667°N 98.048611°W / 42.766667; -98.048611 (Niobrara River Bridge)	Niobrara
8	Ponca Agency Archeological District	Upload image	July 12, 2006 (#06000555)	Address Restricted	Niobrara
9	Ponca Fort Site	Upload image	April 3, 1973 (#73001066)	Hilltop in Section 29, Township 33 North, Range 7 West 42°48′29″N 98°09′50″W / 42.808056°N 98.163833°W / 42.808056; -98.163833 (Ponca Fort Site)	Verdel	University of Nebraska excavations in the 1930s showed this site to be Arikara-affiliated and to date from circa 1790 to 1802
10	Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District	More images	March 13, 2003 (#03000106)	88915 521 Avenue; approximately 3 miles southeast of Niobrara 42°42′50″N 98°04′30″W / 42.71381°N 98.07495°W / 42.71381; -98.07495 (Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District)	Niobrara
11	Rad Sladkovsky		June 29, 1982 (#82003193)	At Pishelville, northwest of Verdigre 42°43′34″N 98°12′41″W / 42.72619°N 98.21152°W / 42.72619; -98.21152 (Rad Sladkovsky)	Verdigre
12	St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and School Complex		March 21, 2011 (#11000106)	1302-1316 W. 5th St. 42°43′45″N 97°30′03″W / 42.72922°N 97.50085°W / 42.72922; -97.50085 (St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and School Complex)	Crofton
13	Winnetoon Jail	More images	February 27, 1995 (#95000094)	Junction of 1st St. and Sherman Ave. 42°30′52″N 97°57′43″W / 42.514444°N 97.961944°W / 42.514444; -97.961944 (Winnetoon Jail)	Winnetoon
14	Winnetoon Public School	Upload image	March 13, 2020 (#100005053)	308 Jones St. 42°30′54″N 97°57′49″W / 42.5150°N 97.9637°W / 42.5150; -97.9637 (Winnetoon Public School)	Winnetoon
15	Z.C.B.J. Opera House	More images	July 6, 1988 (#88000946)	4th Ave. and Main 42°35′48″N 98°02′00″W / 42.596778°N 98.033333°W / 42.596778; -98.033333 (Z.C.B.J. Opera House)	Verdigre

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Pospeshil Theatre	More images	September 28, 1988 (#88000935)	March 25, 2019	123 Broadway 42°35′53″N 97°38′44″W / 42.598056°N 97.645556°W / 42.598056; -97.645556 (Pospeshil Theatre)	Bloomfield	Burned down; Bloomfield library was built in 2000 on former site

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska

References

1. The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
2. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved January 10, 2025.
3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
4. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
5. Howard, James H. "Known Village Sites of the Ponca". Plains Anthropologist 15.48 (1970): 109-134: 125.
6. Wood, W. Raymond. "Historical and Archeological Evidence for Arikara Visits to the Central Plains". Plains Anthropologist 4 (1955): 27-39: 34.
7. "Culture Department". Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
8. The National Park Service announcement has the address as South 5th St. Per the church website, the actual address is West 5th St.
9. Koertje, Norma."Bloomfield Public Library". Nebraska Library Quarterly. 2000-06-25. Archived 2008-11-21 from original. Retrieved 2010-02-19.

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