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Sarpy County Historical Museum

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Sarpy County Historical Museum, 2402 Clay St., Bellevue.
Trace the history of Sarpy county from the original American Indians to its present-day residents. Exhibits include the history of the fur traders and missionaries, period rooms, early agricultural pursuits, and a scale model of Fort Crook—now Offutt Air Force Base.

Admission: $2 for adults; $1 for seniors (age 60 and older); 50¢ for students; free for members and children under age 6, school groups (by appointment only) admitted free.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Monday. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

292-1880.

The Third Sarpy County Courthouse, 122 E. Third St.

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Known today as Papillion City Hall, the third Sarpy County Courthouse was built between 1922 and 1923.

It consists of three stories, with a fourth-floor attic housing the old county jail.

It is a building constructed in the classical revival style, with expensive materials and much ornamentation.

Since the building’s adoption in 1974 as Papillion City Hall, alterations to the exterior have been minor.

597-2000

The Second Sarpy County Courthouse, 136 N. Jefferson St.

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In 1875 Papillion became the Sarpy County seat, replacing Bellevue.

A modest brick structure was built to house county personnel.

The two-story brick structure was located on the corner of what is now Second and Jefferson streets.

Today it houses two businesses.

597-2000

Portal School, 242 N. Jefferson St.

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This one-room schoolhouse was built in 1890 in the town of Portal, located just south of Papillion.

Due to Portal’s frequent flooding, the town was abandoned, although the one-room schoolhouse was utilized still for many years.

In the 1990s the school was saved by the Papillion Area Historical Society and was moved to downtown Papillion where it was restored and serves as school-for-a-day every spring for hundreds of Papillion students.

597-2000

John Sautter Farmhouse, Second & Jefferson Sts.

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The John Sautter Farmhouse was home to German immigrant farmer Johann Sautter for much of the later 19th century.

Sautter rose to become a prominent citizen of Papillion, eventually farming 800 acres and becoming a charter member of First Lutheran Church.

The house was occupied from the 1860s to 1916.

597-2000