The story of Doc George Smith, a longtime civil servant and respected mentor among pioneer Omahans.
Category Archives: houses
Protected: Drawing North Omaha by Adam Fletcher Sasse
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A History of 5504 Kansas Avenue
This is a history of a house and its huge antenna in North O.
A History of North Omaha’s Collier Place Neighborhood
The story of a historic neighborhood in North Omaha.
A History of 6327 Florence Boulevard in North Omaha
This is a history of a Fort Omaha house that’s been moved to Florence Blvd.
North Omaha Architectural Gems
Some of the grandest architecture in North Omaha today is accounted for in this short article.
A History of Wyman Heights by Patrick Wyman
This is a history of the Wyman Heights neighborhood in North Omaha by guest author Patrick Wyman.
A History of the James Comey Mitchell House in Florence
This is a history of the founder of Florence, Nebraska’s home.
A History of 5815 Florence Boulevard
A local home history reveals a 129-year-old barn nestled along a grand view in North Omaha…
A History of the Mergen House in North Omaha
A history of the Mergen House, built in 1873 on Ames Avenue in North Omaha.
117 over 117: The Oldest Places
MY list of 75 places in North Omaha that are over 117 years old, give or take a few places.
A Biography of North Omaha’s Jacob Maag
This is a biography of Jacob Maag, a sculptor and stonecutter who lived in North Omaha, Nebraska.
A History of North Omaha’s Joseph P. Guth
North Omaha’s has A LOT of unsung architectural heroes, and one of them is Joseph P. Guth. Guth moved from Germany to Omaha in 1884 and designed business blocks, breweries, factories and warehouses, fire stations, schools, houses and multifamily residences, churches and halls across the city for more than 40 years. Leo A. Daly was his […]
A History of Bungalow City in East Omaha
Bungalow City was a booming neighborhood in North Omaha, Nebraska, for less than a decade. Then it was moved and forgotten.
A History of Anna Wilson’s Mansion in North Omaha
A. D. Jones, Dr. Elizabeth Reeves, Robert Beech Howell, Anna Wilson, the Omaha Old Peoples Home Association, Crosby Funeral Home, and several others were attached to the mansion at 2018 Wirt Street in the Kountze Place neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. What happened to it?
A History of the Stroud Mansion in North Omaha
Built: 1909 Address: 5100 Florence Boulevard Architecture: Neo-Classical Demolished: 1969 In 1895, Thomas F. Stroud started his wagon making business in North Omaha. He was going to make his fortune selling wagons to western farmers in the city considered to be the Gateway to the West. In order to truly appreciate his wealth, he had to construct a magnificent home. […]
A History of Apartments in North Omaha
Tall and wide, regal and plain, North Omaha has been home to many types of apartment buildings throughout the years. This article summarizes those styles and gives examples.
A History of the Miller Park Duplex Historic District in North Omaha
Immediately after World War II, there was a rush of soldiers flush with government money that allowed them to buy homes and build families right away. A lot of North Omaha finished in-filling during this period, with houses constructed in just a few months and selling a lot quicker than that. Spread across a few streets in the Miller Park neighborhood, one set of these homes created an architecturally distinct area that should be designated as a historic district and preserved quickly.
A History of Squatter’s Row in North Omaha
One area that benefited a lot from Nebraska’s pro-squatting law was a little strip in North Omaha, from North 11th Street on the east to North 13th on the west; Nicholas Street on the south to Locust on the north. This area was home to the North Omaha rail yards, but the railroads didn’t have without any concern for the squatters were starting putting up their shacks there as early as the 1860s.
A History of North Omaha’s Belvedere Point Neighborhood
A history of the Belvedere neighborhood in North Omaha, Nebraska.
A History of Arlena Lodge, the Brandeis Country Home, in North Omaha
This is the story of the Florence-area country escape of the Brandies family called Arlena Lodge…
A History of the June 1969 Riot in North Omaha
While African Americans have known about police racism for more than a century, white people across the US are beginning to acknowledge the effects of legalized harassment, white privilege, systematic discrimination, the school-to-prison pipeline and other forms of white supremacy that constantly plunder communities and the entire nation of its potential, power and purpose. With a vibrant, vital, and obvious story, Vivian Strong must be remembered today.
