Eulogy for the house at 406 East First

Friday, September 3, 2021

An empty lot now stands in our historic neighborhood of the Original Town of McCook platted in 1882 by the Lincoln Land Company. It is not the first to be demolished as the home standing on Lot 1 was destroyed in the 80’s and replaced with an apartment building. While those of us who, over the years, had watched the deterioration of the once grand old structure were relieved to at least see an end to its suffering and the animals that were camping out in the empty rooms, it still casts a pall over neighborhood. It took less than 4 hours to erase 128 years of history, but it took 20 years of neglect to bring the old girl to her knees.

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