Editing Arthur, Nebraska (section)

===Historic sites===
Two sites in Arthur are listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]].  The [[Pilgrim Holiness Church (Arthur, Nebraska)|Pilgrim Holiness Church]] was built in 1928 out of straw bales, in response to the region's dearth of trees or construction sod.<ref>Spencer, Janet Jeffries and D. Murphy (1979).  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110609102922/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/arthur/AT01-001_Baled_Hay_Church.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Inventory&ndash;Nomination Form: Pilgrim Holiness Church"]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved August 10, 2010.</ref>  The [[First Arthur County Courthouse and Jail]] complex was built in 1914-15; the courthouse is billed as the smallest ever built in the United States.<ref>Long, Barbara Beving.  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110609103405/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/arthur/AT01-004_1stArthurCo_Cthse.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: First Arthur County Courthouse and Jail.]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref>  Both sites are now maintained by the Arthur County Historical Society.