Editing McCook, Nebraska (section)

==Culture==
The [[Harvey P. Sutton House]] at 602 Norris Avenue was designed by influential architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] in 1905–1907 and built 1907–1908.  The classic [[Prairie School|Prairie-style]] house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it is the only Wright house known to have been built in Nebraska.<ref>Murphy, D. (1978).  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110610021315/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/redwillow/RW05-001_HPSutton_House.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: H. P. Sutton Residence.]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved September 16, 2010.</ref>  The house is used as a private residence, and is not open to the public.<ref>[http://aboutmccook.com/activities/landmrk.htm "Landmarks & Museums".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040205121807/http://www.aboutmccook.com/activities/landmrk.htm |date=2004-02-05 }}  [http://aboutmccook.com/Default.htm McCook Chamber of Commerce.] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061207162307/http%3A//www.aboutmccook.com/Default.htm |date=2006-12-07 }}  Retrieved September 16, 2010.</ref>

[[McCook Army Airfield]], active from 1943 through 1945, was located nine miles northwest of McCook.

McCook hosted a professional baseball team, the McCook Braves, who played in the [[Nebraska State League]] from 1956 to 1959. In their final season in 1959, the club featured future [[Baseball Hall of Famer]] [[Phil Niekro]] and won the NSL championship; both the Braves and the league folded at season's end. Another pitcher on the team, [[Pat Jordan (author)|Pat Jordan]], later became a writer for the [[Sporting News]], and wrote an autobiography dealing with his career with the Braves, ''A False Spring''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=1b6ca4f6|title=1959 McCook Braves|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 1, 2015}}</ref>

McCook is home to the first two-year junior college in Nebraska. McCook Junior College was founded in September 1926 on the second floor of the YMCA building on Main Street.  The name was eventually changed to McCook Community College and was governed over the Mid-Plains Area.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aten|first1=Kenneth|last2=Hasemeyer|first2=William|last3=Garey|first3=Jerda Thompson|last4=Koch|first4=Ivan|title=History of Mid-Plains Community College Volume 1|date=2008|publisher=The Old 101 Press|location=North Platte, NE|isbn=978-0976367666}}</ref>

The McCook Economic Development Corporation works “To facilitate the formation, retention, attraction, and expansion of businesses in McCook and the surrounding area.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=McCook Economic Development Corporation – Independent • Authentic • Visionary |url=https://mccookne.org/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>

McCook restaurant, [[Sehnert's Bakery & Bieroc Cafe]], is a James Beard America’s Classic Award Winner.  They are the only restaurant to win this award in the whole state of Nebraska.