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== National Historic Landmark == {{Infobox NRHP | name = Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | nrhp_type = nhld | image = Boys Town NFS.JPG | caption = | location = [[Boys Town, Nebraska]] | coordinates = {{coord|41|15|52|N|96|7|58|W|display=inline}} | locmapin = Nebraska#USA | area = {{convert|1310|acre|km2}} | built = 1917 | architect = Leo A. Daly Construction | architecture = Tudor Revival | designated_nrhp_type= February 4, 1985<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1906&ResourceType=District|title=Father Flanagan's Boys' Home|access-date=June 27, 2008|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311015033/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1906&ResourceType=District|archive-date=March 11, 2009}}</ref> | added = February 4, 1985<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum = 85002439 }} The national headquarters of Boys Town is in the village of [[Boys Town, Nebraska]]; the village was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on February 4, 1985. Facilities include the Hall of History, dedicated to the history of Boys Town; the restored home of Father Flanagan; the Dowd Memorial Chapel and the Chambers Protestant Chapel; and the Leon Myers Stamp Center. The latter provides historical stamp-collecting exhibits and sells donated stamps to provide support for Boys Town programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boystown.org/about/visit-the-village|title=Visit the Village|website=boystown.org|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref> It has a summer camp on West Lake Okoboji, located near [[West Okoboji, Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rood |first=Lee |title=Major findings of investigation into alleged sex abuse at Boys Town, fundraising approach |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/investigations/readers-watchdog/2023/11/08/at-iconic-boys-town-questions-emerge-over-alleged-sexual-abuse-fundraising-for-youth-home/71289065007/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Boys Town Medical Center (76870).jpg|thumb|left|Boys Town Medical Center]]
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