Dorchester Times: Two Great Homes For Sale In Dorchester

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Two Great Homes For Sale In Dorchester

Dorchester's real estate market is booming -- even as the days of easy, cheap money following two years of money printing and government handouts are coming to a close.

More and more people -- especially young families -- want the safety, sanity, common sense, affordability, and quality of life offered in our close-knit village. On the rare occasion a Dorchester home is listed, most are sold within a week to 10 days.

Consider what Dorchester has to offer:

TOP-NOTCH SCHOOL: A new K-12 school with smaller class sizes and some of the state's best educators.

A SAFE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY: With an upgraded water and sewer system, and a surplus of funding at Village Hall.

LOWER COSTS: Affordable living costs with lower property taxes compared to surrounding school districts.

KEY BUSINESS AND PRIME LOCATION: Headquarters for one of the nation's largest agri-businesses (Farmers Cooperative) and situated on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line and along two major highways.

GEOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE: A quick drive to employers in Crete, Milford, Friend, and Seward. Just 30 minutes to Lincoln and 12 minutes to I-80. Yet all the advantages of a small, close-knit community.

Two great homes in Dorchester home are currently available.

404 W. 11th St.: Fantastic home with an even more stunning 30' x 45' outbuilding on an half acre! This lovely property boasts a completely updated interior and exterior, within the last five years. Upstairs beds are cozy, potential to add closets or use one as a huge walk-in! Newer windows, siding, roof, flooring, lighting, plumbing, electrical, trim work, all of kitchen and bath, the list goes on! Tremendous two-stall garage (w/ wood stove, heating whole house, tons of wood available for the winter ahead), + great storage in bsmt too. Outbldg has an amazing wood shop, new built-in storage, thoughtfully designed. Separately cooled/ heated theater/ workout room w/ endless possibilities. Huge backyard just fully fenced (privacy!) with 10' gate access. Imagine entertaining on your 20x20 patio, w/ the most terrific space (incl. custom-built playset!) for countless friends/ fam/ neighbors to enjoy! Gorgeous sunrise views at the edge of town, from your front porch! It's your own little slice of hometown paradise in Dorchester. See the listing.

809 S. Sumner Ave.: Wow. Take a Look at the open space, not only on the main floor, but on this huge property! This very well cared for and ready to move into Home, offers 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with main floor laundry, Open kitchen/dining/living room spaces. The full finished basement has a second kitchen, Huge family room space, third bedroom and a fourth non-conforming bedroom or office. This is all located on almost a half acre, with partially fenced yard, Covered patio and is close to the school. OH WAIT, THERE'S MORE... Not only does this have an attached garage, there is a 30'x40' detached garage for all the extra vehicles and toys! APPLIANCES ARE INCLUDED! See the listing.

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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."