Albert Watkins House

Year
1902
Style
Queen Anne
City
Lincoln, NE
Collection
queen anne
Albert Watkins House
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The Albert Watkins House is a two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne house built in 1902 for Albert Watkins, an English immigrant who became a newspaper editor and historian, editing The Illustrated History of Nebraska in 1905 and serving as historian of the Nebraska State Historical Society from 1910 to 1923. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 3, 1989.

the building

The Attic Theatre. In 2007 the house became home to the Colonel Mustard Amateur Attic Theatre company, a local nonprofit that wrote, composed, and produced its own theatrical shows, beginning with a Christmas production staged in the house's attic before the company outgrew the space.

the style

The house was designed in the Queen Anne style.

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significance

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 3, 1989.

nearby

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