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Fi{R-9-30O (11-73) L$niterJStates Separtaraentof the lnterisr ' .- ! Heritage Cons'ervatinn and ilecreation Service i--.cr!-ICFS use onlv :..:'..i . ':l { .)l . g rrcelved 1l,1 P"*a,tlgmffffiegist..*r s'f fi"$ss'freru*,ru$e,ses i - ,'l *;te entered 'i $nw'pm'f stry--*h$ $ ffi?ngaat e,on F'earffa '4 -{ , 1 ,:,: See instructions in How to Comptefef{ati ona!Fegister Forms Type ail entries--completeapplicable sections $ " Li{affi?e historic Jotrn Sautter Farnhouse sY00-11 and/orcornmon Sautter Farnihouse H" Locfiti'Bn street & number 220 Norrh Jefferson Street - not for publication city, town ?api1-lion - vicinityof congressionatdistrict Second \--.L-^ -!.^ state _\ <-:J I d.5 A-O. code 031 county SarPY code 1-53 3" #Has$lfication Gategory Ownership Status Preserrt Use - district X pubiic -- occupied - agriculture __ museum _ X_ ouiroing{s) -* prlvate -X- unoccupied - commercial -__ park - structure - both _--- work in progress --L educational - privateresidence - site Fublic Acquisition Accessibie -- en?ertainment _-- religious -- object -.- in process -L yes: restricted - governmenl - scientific - beingconsidered - yes: unrestricted - industrial - transportation -__no - rrrilitary - other: 4, ffi-ws?er@f Fropertil Union Pacif ic Railroad Contoanv narne Papillion Ar:ea l{istorical Sogrg!y___*7o__H . ri. _Rranil i. G.e_n_ara1__Llanager_ " L4L6 Doclge Street, street& rrunrhrer LL23 Delmar Street _0_uraha_*_I_ebsaska-6-8fZa- city, town Paoill ion - vicinityof slate Nebraska S, L'p$.rtii *n ,rlf fl-*..qJ aI cour+house,registry of deeds,etc. R"egister of Dee.d,s, Sarpy County Nebraska street & nurnber Nebraska Highway 370 and South 84th Street city, lown Pap ill ion state Nebraska ffi, ii4e;oveis,'#n'ia',{i<lmfr,fiLExfrstrnS Surv"eys title l'{ebraska }U-sroric Buildrngs Surrrel h;rs this property been determined elegible? - yss -----.ric date On- go in g -- fecieral -X-- state -- countv - tccal depository tctrsurvey i'ecorcls1-500 R Street city, town Lincoln state Nebraska 7, ffiessrnot$.$m Covrdilion Gheck one Gheck one - excellent -- cleteriorated X unaltered - originalsite _- goocl -__ ruins - aliered X rnoved Oate NoVe4be"r LS ._J.27 3__ x fair - unexposed Describe ihe present and original {ii hnown} phy3ical app.rarance The Sautter faiaiLy farmhouse is ;r one-and-one-ha1f story, whitc, wood-frame siructure r"ith attached cobshed. Constructed during the decade of the 1-860s, the tina of statehood for Nebraska, the house and. cobshed rest on broad beaus elevated fron the ground. The beans sit on linestone piers infilled lrith a continuous linestone foundati-on ryhich encircl_es the house. Quarried 1ocaL1y along the Platte River, this foundation supporls the cobshed as well as the house. ttT" Facing !o the wesi and/or south, the house is shaped $ith the r.rest section constituting a porch, balcony, a central- ha11, ancl four rooms--Lwo up and troo dornrn-- rnaking the tc? part oi the This pari of the house has an attached porch and -laLconll."T", second sioi-.' covered. The latter is a particularJ-y unique fealure of the dwel-l-lng. Enter::--; =he hc':s:, ihe floor plan is a'ery typicaL for a farrnhouse of this period: a:=l-.-ia1 :--r:idor rllns rvesL to eas: and has two openings on the first fl-oor, one :: a pa:ior 01 the souih, the other :o a bedroon on the north, At the far e:C :i caa cer:ral corridor is a stailcase r,rl"th a very 1ov banister -rac:Joics. Leading u? io the The banister hancirail is leaiher covered, an unusual- feature i-;r eariy r\Tebraska farnhouses. Directly behincl the central corridor (to the eas:) 1s a l-arge diniag room on the first fl-oor and above it another ttbeadedtt bedroon o!. the seco:rd ;l-oor. In the dini-.rg rcom the wainscot.iog is handgrained, as are a1.1,of the interior doors, and rnrindowand door frames in the house. Imediaiely behiod the di-ning roon is a smalL kitciren which rvas added to the- house at sone later date. Fioa1ly, walking east and stepping dor^m from the kitchen one enters the cobshed, Attached to the house, this shed ruas a storage area for corncobs and other fuels during the Long, coLd wlnters in Nebraska. Attached utility buildings such as this cobshed are connon in Gernany. In general, the interior of the Sautter house is virtual-ly the same today, except for obvious deterioraEion of ceil-ings and wall paper, as it r^ras a century ago. Fortunately, the Sautters prospered in the l-9th century and in 1892 they builL a larger, more nodern house jusL to the south of the original hone (50 feet away). For a tirne Ehe original home ratasoccupi.ed by younger farrily ne'nbers, but in l-916 the last of the family moved out, and from that date until the pre$ent no one has lived in the house. Though the original house was used as a storaae area for farm rnaterials, it ren:ained structurally as it was in the J-860s, without any arodern conveniences. There is no interior rriring for eLectricity; no pipes for interior plurrbing; and no ducts for central heating. f'or heat, each room had an individual stove witil connecting flue Pipes to the chinneys. A11 interior walLs are plaster and. lath, and are brick lined for insuLation. The exterior r+a11s are paiated clapboard. A11 of Lhe ceilings in the house are very low, indicaLi.re of the st;rLe of the nid-]-gth cerntury. The r.rindows'are six-over-si.x panes. The fl-oors are wide-plankecl rvood in the eaxliest constructed rooms, and narrow p]-anks in Lhe later constructed rooms. FHR-+.39) (il-7g) tlnlted .$tates Depar*sment of the lnterior Fileritage Gonservation and Recreation $erv5ce S,Satips?aflffiegasfrer @f [4is*'s,rn&Film,*iss i*i;+il'g'c Hmweffi' sry-5q @rmFnat uora Forsm Continuationsheet Du"criprion Item number kge Site: The presenE site of the SautEer house is a city park in Papillion' i{ebraska (pop. 8,500). CenErally located in the city' the smalL Park has trees of the type which shaded the originql. site of the sautter house. I,lhen the house 'L5, rarasrelocated on November L979, from the farm to the park, it was placed facing Lo the wesE, the same direction a9 it was original-1-y. The original site of the SauEter house r,ras on a moderaEely large farm (a quarter section in the L860s), located just north of the presenE city litrdts of the city of PapiJ-lion. The farm, which consisted of the 1and, barns and house that sat o:r a hill facing to the rresL, consiiEuted a beautiful setting. Pur- chased in 1>66 by John Sautier, Sr., the fara r,ras located approximately 10 niles wesi ci ihe Yissouri River and 9 niles north of the ?latte River, The _ county see: ri Pacil-lion (Sa:-py CounLy, Nebraska) was-uTithin view of the farm- house. In the last decada (1970s) the original- farn site was destroyed in two major aeiions whici carved up thel-and and converted it to nonagricultural use. In L97L-72 the ? apillion/Lat/ista School- District purchased a porLion of the land anC construcied a large senior high school (1,200 students) innediaLely to the west of the SauLter house. In 1978 the Rogers Construction Company purchased the renaj-nder of the SautLer farm and rqithin a year had laid sewers, pushed through streets, erected street lights and poured conciete sidewal-ks, In effect, these actions destroyed the originaL farm sire, AnoLher large housing development (about 500 hooes) sits just across the road to the south of the Sautter farm and to the r.rest a new municipal golf course is currentl-y undet construction. By 3.979, the Sautter house sti1l sat on iLs original site, but as a stark and disturbingly odd reminder of Lhe agricultural past. amidst modern suburban houses, schools and a golf course. Since the Sautter house was clearly incompatible nith i,ts nod.ern surroundings and was situated partially into a platt.ed sEreet, the Rogers Construction Cornpany decided to destrol. it. The PapillioD Fire Depar'tment nas asked to burn it dor,rn. Slated for destruction in eatly June, 1979, the house r'ras saved by the Papillion Area HiStorical Society. The contracLor, however,- demanded thaE it be rel-ocated. After consulting riith historical- architects, historians and city officials, the society decided to accepl. Litl-e to the house and rnove it !o the site described above, The Union Pacific Railroad Corporation made Laud available adjacent to the city park and the City of Papillion contributed money to help defray the cosls of moving the house. At Lhat time county, city and state historical- sociel-y representatives stated that relocating the Sautter house !,ras the only way to stop its cerEain destruction. Moving the house to the park in Papillion was a consequence of necessity, civic spirit, historical judgement, corporate generosity and city J,eadership. Once the house is restored, the Society j.ntends thai it be open to the public to further promote the cultural, historical, and social ties Ehat this project has created in the Papillion cornnunity. FHF-+-3oo (rr-78) United States Departrnent of the lnterior Fleritage Gonservation and Recreation Service Natiomafl ffieglsf,er sf fflistorte Ftaces I nwemtory-ffi eivlttma*ion Fornr Contirruationsheet Description Item number' Page It shoul-d be noted that every effort r.7asmade to re-establish the orlentation and relationship to the grormd that the house had on its origLnal siEe (see photos).