The National Register of Historic Places designates sites and buildings that are significant to our nation's history and worthy of preservation.

W. H. Faling House [FN03-051] Listed 1999/11/22

Currently, one building in Cambridge is designated, the William H. Faling Home, completed in 1910 at 606 Parker Street. It is representative of the eclectic Neo-Classical style popular during the early part of the twentieth century. The house is architecturally significant and contributes to a time when the West was becoming more cultured, and manifesting its growth through a more elaborate physical building stock. The three-story house retains a high degree of historical integrity. The current owners of this historic building, Gerald and Gloria Hilton, open their home for tours, events, and lodging Cambridge Bed & Breakfast. In May 2009, the Heritage Nebraska Preservation organization selected this building as one of Nebraska's first nine "Hidden Treasures". The organization's preservationists stated that "the home is set apart from others by its size at nearly 10,000 square feet and the quantity and quality of the architectural detail".

Cambridge State Aid Bridge [FN00-098] Listed 1992/06/29

Established by the Nebraska State Legislature in 1911, the state aid bridge program was designed to assist the counties in construction of major river crossings. In February 1913 Furnas County first applied for state aid to build a bridge across the Republican River south of Cambridge. The bridge was constructed in 1914. Over its twenty-five-year duration, the state aid bridge program was responsible for some seventy-seven structures, seventeen of which were concrete arch spans. The Cambridge Bridge is distinguished among these as one of the two oldest remaining.

There are two important nearby archeological sites Mowry Bluff and Red Smoke

Mowry Bluff Archeological Site [25-FT-35] Listed 1974/07/12

Located near the town of Cambridge, Mowry Bluff is a small Upper Republican Phase hamlet occupied during the twelfth century A.D. The site is located on the crest of a high bluff overlooking the Medicine Creek valley. Archeological work at Mowry Bluff and a companion site on the Missouri River provided a framework to re-evaluate late prehistoric cultural history in the Central Plains.

Red Smoke Archeological Site [25-FT-42] Listed 1974/10/01

Red Smoke, located near Stockville, is one of three Paleo-Indian Tradition sites excavated following World War II in response to construction of the Medicine Creek Dam and Reservoir. Fieldwork uncovered seven distinct cultural layers in the banks of Lime Creek, the earliest of which is about 8,500 years old. The Red Smoke inhabitants were probably large game hunters, who roamed across the Great Plains during and shortly following the last Ice Age. Activities carried out at and near the site include: hunting of now extinct forms of bison and other animals; manufacture and sharpening of stone spear points, knives and scrapers; food preparation; and hide processing.

Cambridge's Potential Designated Buildings, Districts, and Sites

Cambridge "Original Town" Residential Area

There are many historical homes preserved in close to original condition in Cambridge's "Original Town" residential areas located from the Nasby(Hwy 6)/Parker Street corner where the Cambridge Bed & Breakfast is located and extending north and west to include about nine residential blocks. The Nebraska Historical Society agrees this area would qualify as a historical district.

Thorndike Hall (also known as the IOOF Hall)

Located in the second floor of the building at 308 Nelson, which is occupied in the main level by the Tri-Valley Auxillary Thrift Shop, this impressive hall was recently discovered to be very significant. The Heritage Nebraska preservation organization selected this building as one of Nebraska's 12 first "Fading Places" because of it's importance to the early career of Glenn Miller. The Glenn Miller Birthplace Society documents the fact that when Glenn Miller was 24 years old in 1920, he decided to quit college and begin playing and arranging music full-time by joining the Tommy Watkin's Orchestra of Cambridge, Nebraska. The Cambridge Clarion chronicled this vibrant time in our community's history in "Cambridge, Where Big Band Began".