Cook Blacksmith Shop

Location204 3rd St.,
Ponca, Nebraska

Coordinates42°33′46″N 96°42′28″W / 42.562639°N 96.707781°W / 42.562639; -96.707781

Built1901

NRHPreferenceNo.74001106^[1]

Cook Blacksmith Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	204 3rd St., Ponca, Nebraska
Coordinates	42°33′46″N 96°42′28″W / 42.562639°N 96.707781°W / 42.562639; -96.707781
Built	1901
NRHP reference No.	74001106[1]

The Cook Blacksmith Shop is a former blacksmith shop in Ponca, Nebraska, United States that today is a museum.

The Cook Blacksmith Shop was built in 1901 by C. O. Cook, who operated his business for over thirty years. The building is owned by the Ponca Historical Society, which uses the shop as a living history museum. C.O. Cook Blacksmith Shop, with all its original tools and machinery, has been restored and placed in working condition.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

It is a one-story structure with a false front.^[3]