Israel Beetison House No. 4 is a photograph by Christine Belt which was uploaded on January 18th, 2015.
Israel Beetison House No. 4
The Israel Beetison House outside Ashland, Nebraska.... more
Title
Israel Beetison House No. 4
Artist
Christine Belt
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
The Israel Beetison House outside Ashland, Nebraska.
The Israel Beetison House is one of the finest examples of the Italianate style in Nebraska, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The residence was constructed in 1874-75 of locally quarried limestone by the Dalton Brothers, local masons, and features a frame cupola on the main portion of the house that was built as a lookout for Indians, but ended up serving a quite different purpose altogether.
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Israel Beetison was born in England in 1836 and came to Ashland, NE in 1859 from Massachusetts and settled his 160 homestead acres. He then returned to Massachusetts, married, and in the spring of 1867, returned to Ashland to live. Fourteen children were born to the Beetison's with only eight of them surviving to adulthood. Five generations of Beetison's lived in the house until its sale to Iron Horse Development in 1999.
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January 18th, 2015
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