Jesse C. Bickle House

The Jesse C. Bickle House, also known as The Maples, is a historic house in Crete, Nebraska. It was built by homesteader Jesse C. Bickle as a one-story log house in 1864, and a second story was added in the 1870s.[2] Bickle owned a brickyard in Crete and a store in Pleasant Hill.[2] The house was designed in the Carpenter Gothic architectural style.[2] It was purchased by Milton O. Smith in 1923, and renamed The Maples.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 23, 1977.[1]

Jesse C. Bickle House
The house in 2013
Nearest cityCrete, Nebraska
Coordinates40°37′37″N 96°58′03″W
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built1864 (1864)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.77000838[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1977

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