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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in 2013
Nearest city	Crete, Nebraska
Coordinates	40°37′37″N 96°58′03″W
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	1864
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.	77000838[1]
Added to NRHP	November 23, 1977

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Janet Jeffries; D. Murphy (October 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jesse C. Bickle House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2019. With accompanying pictures