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A 1910 postcard shows the historic columns at the front entrance of Omaha's Burlington Station. Current entrance to the historic Ford Hospital in Midtown Omaha. Omaha Public Library building, built in 1894 in downtown Omaha. The Omaha National Bank Building in downtown Omaha was Omaha's first skyscraper built in 1888-89'.
In 1988, she obtained a degree in fine arts from the University of Nebraska Omaha; in 1992, a master's degree in museum management from Syracuse University. She returned to Omaha and, in 1993, opened El Museo Latino in the Livestock Exchange Building. [1] [2] In 1997, the museum moved to the former Polish Home, at 4701 S. 25th Street. [3]
The Market House was a controversial fresh produce, meat and fish outlet on Capitol Avenue from North 12th to North 14th Avenues in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. After almost 40 years of debate and delays in building it, the City of Omaha built the Market House in 1904.
The area comprising modern-day North Omaha is home to a variety of important examples of popular turn-of-the-20th-century architecture, ranging from Thomas Rogers Kimball's Spanish Renaissance Revival-style St. Cecilia Cathedral at 701 N. 40th Street to the Prairie School style of St. John's A.M.E. Church designed by Frederick S. Stott at 2402 N. 22nd Street. [1]
A racially diverse area north of downtown Omaha with a rich historical social, cultural, economic, architectural, and religious legacy. Old Market: A district in downtown Omaha that historically housed Omaha's fresh food vendors and warehousing district. Saratoga: 1856 N. 24th and Ames Avenue
(1907) Charles Storz House, 1901 Wirt St., North Omaha; designated an Omaha Landmark in 1984 (1929) Harry Buford House, 1804 N. 30th St., North Omaha; designated an Omaha Landmark in 1983 (1929) Henry B. Neef House, 2884 Iowa St., North Omaha; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010
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All of Omaha's largest and most notable wholesale and mercantile businesses built massive warehouse structures in the area by the early 20th century. Six- and seven-story red brick buildings filled with jobbing houses towered over red brick streets, creating a canyon-like feeling and leading to the area becoming called "Jobber's Canyon". The ...