1880 Nebraska Home. Updated Kitchen. $77 a Square Foot.

A house built in 1880 is still standing in Howells, Nebraska — and someone just put a new roof on it in 2021. That combination alone should make you stop scrolling.

This is 1,621 square feet of 19th-century construction at $77 per square foot, with real updates where it counts. The kitchen and main floor bathroom have both been renovated. Laundry is on the first floor, which sounds minor until you've lived without it. The exterior is vinyl-sided and genuinely low maintenance. The 2021 roof means you're not inheriting someone else's deferred problem.

Outside, there's a newer concrete driveway, an expanded back patio, and underground sprinklers on a corner lot. Someone has been taking care of this house.

Howells is a small Czech-heritage town in Colfax County, about an hour northwest of Omaha — the kind of place where $125,000 buys you something real, not a fixer-upper fantasy. This house is 144 years old and still functional, updated, and priced like it's waiting for someone to actually appreciate it.

If you're looking for a primary residence in a quiet Nebraska town, or a long-term rental in a place with almost no inventory, this is the kind of property that doesn't sit long once the right person finds it.