What you get
About Jefferson County Historical Museum
The Jefferson County Historical Museum preserves local history through several sites. Visitors can explore Historic Steele City, featuring a working blacksmith shop, livery barn, 1880s stone church, and a turn-of-the-century bank. Other sites include the 1869 District 10 School, the 1872 W.C. Smith House and Lime Kiln with period furniture, the Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum, and the Diller Bank Building Museum.
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Serving Fairbury, NE
The Jefferson County Historical Museum preserves local history through several sites. Visitors can explore Historic Steele City, featuring a working blacksmith shop, livery barn, 1880s stone church, and a turn-of-the-century bank. Other sites include the 1869 District 10 School, the 1872 W.C. Smith House and Lime Kiln with period furniture, the Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum, and the Diller Bank Building Museum.