Haymarket District (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Haymarket District is a historic section of downtown Lincoln, Nebraska.

For subjects known by a similar name, see Haymarket District (disambiguation).
Haymarket District
Neighborhood
View of some Haymarket District buildings
Coordinates: 40°48′59.8″N 96°42′37.1″W
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyLancaster
CityLincoln
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
68508
Area code(s)402
Websitelincolnhaymarket.org
Lincoln Haymarket Historic District
LocationGenerally 7th to 9th and N to R Sts.
NRHP reference No.14000288[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 2014

Overview

The area is a tourist attraction[2] and home to the Haymarket Park baseball stadium. Its historic significance has been recognized by being listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lincoln Haymarket Historic District.[1]

The name Haymarket originated from the 1867 market square where hay, and travel items, were marketed. The warehouses have been readapted as retail shops.

Lazlo's Brewery & Grill, 2012
Brix & Stone (left) and the Huber Manufacturing Company building
Harpham building
Woods Bros. building, converted for use as Burkholder Project art gallery

The district held a Halloween event in 2018.[3]

Corner of 8th Street and P Street

Buildings in the district were designed by various firms including Fiske & Meginnis and Meginnis and Schaumberg. The historic J. C. Ridnour Building (1925) designed by Meginnis and Schaumberg is in the district.[4]

  • Lau building
  • Lincoln Fixture building
  • Haymarket Bodega, 824 P Street
  • Lincoln Station
  • Lincoln Drug Co. building
  • Beatrice Creamery building
  • Veith Building (1884)

See also

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places 2014 Weekly Lists" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  2. "Historic Haymarket District". visitnebraska.com.
  3. Miller, Dwight (October 23, 2018). "Haymarket shops hope to give back to community with Halloween event". The Daily Nebraskan.
  4. "32. Ridnour Building - Downtown Lincoln, NE". lincolnhaymarket.org.
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