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The Old Market is a neighborhood located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States, and is bordered by South 10th Street to the east, 13th Street to the west, Farnam Street to the north and Jackson Street to the South. The neighborhood has many restaurants, art galleries and upscale shopping.
This article covers Omaha landmarks designated by the City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. In addition, it includes structures or buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and those few designated as National Historic Landmarks , indicating their varying level of importance to the city, state and nation.
The heart of the Downtown Omaha's Old Market. The Desert Dome at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. Tourism in Omaha, Nebraska, United States offers visitors history, sports, nature and cultural experiences. Its principal tourist attractions are the Henry Doorly Zoo and the College World Series (CWS).
Old People's Home (Omaha) Omaha Bolt, Nut and Screw Building; Omaha Central High School; Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant; Omaha National Bank Building; Omaha Public Library (building) Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District; Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District; Omaha Star building; Omaha station (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ...
The lake has a tour boat named the General Marion, with rides available in the summertime, and resident swans named Romeo and Juliet in honor of the play. There is also a monument to the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition, and the late 1800s Waterworks Fountain, once located at the Webster Station, a railroad depot in North Omaha. The park is ...
Omaha Children's Museum Holland Performing Arts Center The atrium of the Joslyn Art Museum. Dale Chihuly's Chihuly: Inside and Out can be seen at the far end. Great Plains Black History Museum General Crook House Museum Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Joslyn Castle Rose Theatre Orpheum Theatre Omaha Community Playhouse
Aside from the Old Market, other attractions in Downtown Omaha include the historic Orpheum Theater, which was built by influential Omaha philanthropist John A. Creighton, whose family also built the city's Creighton University. Along with the Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center, this is the oldest theater left in downtown.
The Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District, roughly bounded by Jackson, 15th, and 8th Streets, as well as the Union Pacific main line, is located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Today this historic district includes several buildings listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places , including the Union Pacific Depot and the ...