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The Park Avenue Apartment District is a historic district in Omaha, Nebraska that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [ 1 ] One component, the Portland, was built as the Barnard Apartment Building in 1902, and has been known as the Portland since 1917.
A postcard showing Royal Terrace in Peony Park, Omaha, Nebraska. Peony Park was an amusement park located at North 78th and Cass Streets in Omaha, Nebraska.Founded in 1919, over the next seventy-five years the 35-acre (140,000 m 2) park included a 4.5-acre (18,000 m 2) pool, beach and waterslide, a ballroom that billed itself as "1 acre under one roof," an open-air dance area for 3000 dancers ...
Heartland of America Park is a public park located at 800 Douglas Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. After partially closing in 2020 due to extensive renovations, the park reopened to the public on August 18, 2023. [ 1 ]
Robert Strehlow, an Omaha-based builder, was a renowned builder during Omaha's 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition and the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915. Strehlow developed his apartment complex during that period, incorporating aspects of turn-of-the-century design, including an axial court arrangement, a sculptured fountain ...
In 1854 Alfred D. Jones drew four parks on the original map of Omaha City. They were called Jefferson Square, which was paved over by I-480; Washington Park, which is where the Paxton Block currently sits at North 16th and Farnam Streets; Capitol Square, where Omaha Central High School is now located, and; an unnamed tract overlooking the river with Davenport Street on the north, Jackson ...
The park has recreational athletic facilities including a baseball field, football pitches, disc golf, tennis courts, soccer fields and a recreational skate park. [1] The baseball field hosts American Legion Baseball and the UNO Mavericks. [2] It also features a soap box derby track and a skeet shooting range. [1] The park is located on the Big ...
Terrace Court is a historic apartment complex of three three-story buildings in Omaha, Nebraska. It was built in 1920 by the Drake Realty & Construction Co., and designed by architect B. Hene in Sullivanesque style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 2, 2008. [1]
The Bemis Park Landmark Heritage District is located in North Omaha, Nebraska. Situated from Cuming Street to Hawthorne Avenue, Glenwood Avenue to 33rd Street, Bemis Park was annexed into Omaha in 1887, [2] and developed from 1889 to 1922. The district was designated an Omaha Landmark in 1983. [3]