Stuhr Museum


Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	3133 US 34 Grand Island, Nebraska
Coordinates	40°53′02″N 98°22′24″W / 40.8839°N 98.3733°W / 40.8839; -98.3733
Architect	Edward Durell Stone
Architectural style	New Formalism
Website	www.stuhrmuseum.org
NRHP reference No.	15000396
Added to NRHP	June 29, 2015

The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is a museum located in Grand Island, Nebraska dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Pioneers who settled the plains of central Nebraska in the late 19th century. It features a living history village called Railroad Town, designed to evoke an 1890s-era prairie village and made up of many original period structures moved to the museum.^[1]

The museum is named after Leo Stuhr, a local farmer and politician whose family were among the area's pioneer settlers. He donated land, money, and numerous artifacts that served as the foundation of the museum. The building that houses the bulk of the museum's exhibits, the Stuhr Building, was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone and was built by Geer-Melkus Construction Co., Inc. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015 after undergoing a $7.4 million restoration.^[2]^[3]

Among the structures in Railroad Town is the house where actor Henry Fonda was born in 1905.^[4] Movies filmed at the museum include Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) and My Antonia (1995).^[5] The museum once had a working steam locomotive that traveled the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Nebraska Midland Railroad on the museum grounds.^[6]