These were the Lindenwood Court Apartments at N. 49th and Boyd Streets.

A History of the Lindenwood Court Apartments

This is a history of the “Hawaii in Omaha” apartments originally called the Capri and Catalina Apartments.

A History of the Military Road in North Omaha

This is a history of Military Road aka Military Avenue in North Omaha, Nebraska.

History of Department Stores in Benson

The Benson Commercial Historic District has been home to several department stores. This is a history of the Omaha neighborhood’s stores.

History of Department Stores in North Omaha

Department stores once dotted the area north of Dodge and east of North 72nd Street. This is a history of department stores in North Omaha.

Omaha Crèche, 3713 North 52nd Street, North Omaha, Nebraska

A History of the Omaha Crèche

This is a history of the Omaha Crèche, which was located on North 52nd and Pratt Streets for a half century.

A History of Streetcars in Benson

The Benson Motor Company operated on present-day Maple Street for more than two decades.

A History of North Omaha’s Adams Park

This is a history of Adams Park in North Omaha, Nebraska

Historic movie theaters of North Omaha, Nebraska

A History of Theatres and Movie Theaters in North Omaha

While it has absolutely no active movie theaters today, the North Omaha community has been home to at least 20 (!) movie theaters over the last century. This is a short history of those theaters. Its really incomplete, as information has been hard for me to find.

A History of Streetcars in North Omaha

This is a history of streetcars in North Omaha, Nebraska.

A history of North Omaha's Fontenelle Park by Adam Fletcher Sasse

A History of Fontenelle Park in North Omaha

A history of the Fontenelle Park in North Omaha, Nebraska by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Includes baseball, parks and recreation, fireworks and more!

Schools in North Omaha, from upper left: Fort Street Special School; Long School classroom; Pershing School; Florence School; Lake School; Florence School bus; Saratoga School; Florence School classroom; Monmouth Park School; Long School; Lake School students; Miller Park School

A History of Schools in North Omaha

If walls could talk, North Omaha’s schools would be much noisier, much more colorful, and much more complicated than anyone wants to hear. For more than 150 years, schools throughout the community have served students of all ages. With a deep history including segregation and school violence, its can be hard to remember all the positive people and events that emerged in the community’s schools. Following is my ever-growing history of the old schools in North Omaha.

A map of historic neighborhoods in North Omaha, Nebraska

Historical Tour of North Omaha

Following is a list of places I would visit on a long, winding North Omaha history tour. If you have anything you would like me to write about, add, or otherwise know, please share here. I LOVE NORTH O! These are listed by neighborhood, starting at Dodge Street and heading northwards. Note that all links go to articles I created, either on Wikipedia or on this blog.