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They filled in the creek that ran along 50th Street and added sidewalks and the Dundee lights. Homes in the area reflected the Colonial, Georgian and Tudor Revival styles. Omaha annexed Dundee on June 20, 1915. At that time it was 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km 2) and had 2500 residents. [3] The district includes 30 known works by Omaha architect F. A ...
(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 (1908) John E. Reagan House, 2102 Pinkney Street, North Omaha; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014
Omaha was established in 1871 as a stop along the Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway. A baggage master working for the railroad, Henry Pearce, named the settlement for Omaha, Nebraska, where he had previously worked as a baggage master. After an initial attempt at incorporation failed in 1875, Omaha successfully incorporated in 1888 ...
The Blackstone was located in Omaha's Gold Coast area, a neighborhood said to have housed a preponderance of the city's cultural and financial leaders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its premier restaurant, The Orleans Room, received Holiday magazine's Award of Excellence for sixteen years, the only Nebraska restaurant to do so.
A malt house (1880) in Lessines, Belgium. A malt house, malt barn, or maltings, is a building where cereal grain is converted into malt by soaking it in water, allowing it to sprout and then drying it to stop further growth. The malt is used in brewing beer, whisky and in certain foods. The traditional malt house was largely phased out during ...
Omaha, Nebraska: ca. 1857 Commercial Oldest building in Omaha Frederick L. Gottschalk House: Columbus, Nebraska: ca. 1857 Residence The cabin was relocated to the interior of the Platte County Historical Society Museum. Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson House: Nebraska City, Nebraska: ca. 1857 Residence One of the oldest houses in Nebraska City ...
In 1897 Armour’s South Omaha plant was the nation’s largest. By 1934, the "Big Four" were Armour, Cudahy, Swift and Wilson. The meat packing industry of South Omaha was closely related to the Stockyards. South Omaha relied solely on both of those industries for its growth for more than 100 years.
This historic district was a trendy social hotspot in the 1920s, and was called the "Gold Coast" for its concentration of high-value homes. From 1880 through the 1940s ,several large mansions were built for upper middle and upper class commuters. During this time Omaha's downtown was a long trolley-ride away, and the community was in the ...