Grand Central Hotel, built by Robert Probert in 1887 was just south of Unganst’s Hardware store, which he had also built, in 1884. Both buildings were on the corner of the present Custer Hotel lot. A series of folks managed the hotel until it was sold in 1903 to...
(Library locations are italicized.) In February of 1913, eight ladies met at the Wm. Jennings home to organize a club called the Arnold Women’s Improvement Club AWIC. They elected officers: Mrs. Fred Brittan president, Mrs. Jennings, vice-president, Mrs. Tom Backes...
208 Lincoln Street, Arnold, NE 69120 Arnold Church of the Nazarene started as a tabernacle meeting held by Reverend Theodore Ludwig. The establishment of the church received much opposition. The Arnold citizens were not in favor of having a holiness church, they...
Security State Bank – 1917 Since Arnold incorporated in 1883, the town has had five banks. Two of those buildings have stood the test of time, with one closing in 1930, and the other bank still operating as Pinnacle Bank. Alex Robertson’s bank, 1886, stood on...
Reed’s Food Center — Fred Brown Building – 1915 Reed’s Food Center is in the original 1915 building built by Fred Brown, who divided it into two spaces. In the past 105 years, a variety of businesses have occupied the south and north sections of Brown’s...
