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A History of The Off Beat Club in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date October 19, 2019
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The Off Beat club at 2410 Lake Street opened in 1952 and closed in 1969.

This is a history of Jim Bell and Jerry Morris’s supper club called The Off Beat, located at 24th and Lake from 1952-1969.

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A History of Murphy, Wasey and Company Factory in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date August 17, 2019
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This is the Murphy, Wasey and Company factory built at Spaulding Street on the Belt Line Railway in 1890.

In 1890, a major Detroit-based chair manufacturer called Murphy, Wasey and Company arrived in a big way in North Omaha. Located at 3167-77 Spaulding Street along what was then called North 32nd (aka John A. Creighton Boulevard) and the Belt Line Railway, the company built a large factory and employed a hundred people. It was […]

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A History of the Hillcrest Mansion in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date July 20, 2019
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Alfred and Elenora Brooks Jones were the most noted owners of the Hillcrest Mansion was at 2711 Caldwell Street. They were African American restauranteurs and socialites.

This is the story of a mansion in North Omaha built as a home to a wealthy real estate mogul that eventually became the site of a decades-long Black-owned business.

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A History of Jim Bell’s Club Harlem In North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 29, 2015
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This is the 1953 sign for Jim Bell's Harlem at 2410 Lake Street.

This is a history of Club Harlem, a vibrant center of the North Omaha jazz scene in the 1940s.

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A History of North Omaha’s Storz Brewery

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 5, 2015
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A History of North Omaha's Storz Brewery by Adam Fletcher for NorthOmahaHistory.com

Before Gottlieb Storz, a few other entrepreneurs tried their hand at brewing beer in North Omaha. Afterwards though, Storz dominated. For more than 75 years, his family ran Omaha’s beer industry, and even though the brewery closed in the 1970s, it left a major mark on the city that still stands today. This is a […]

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A History of North Omaha’s Fair Deal Cafe

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 8, 2012
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This is the Fair Deal Cafe as it appeared in 2003, right before it permanently closed.

Soul food was served in mighty heaps at Omaha’s old “Black City Hall.” Learn about the legacy of the original Fair Deal Cafe…