Category: Normal house history

• A History of 5833 Florence Boulevard

  

  This is a history of an average house with an exceptional story at 5833 Florence Boulevard.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  July 13, 2020

  20th century, 21st century, crime, Florence Boulevard, Historic houses, Lost history, Normal house history

• A History of Monmouth Park Neighborhood in North Omaha

  

  One neighborhood in North Omaha had a hospital, a half-dozen churches and businesses galore, and a long history. Then it all seemed to disappear. This is a history of the Monmouth Park neighborhood.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 7, 2020

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Ames Ave, Apartments, architecture, civic infrastructure, Demolished buildings, Demolished buildings, economics, Historic houses, historic preservation, houses, Monmouth Park, neighborhoods, Normal house history, schools, White flight

• A History of the Hoyer House at 3049 Redick Avenue in North Omaha

  

  The Hoyer House at 3049 Redick Avenue is one of North Omaha’s oldest, but hasn’t been restored and seems neglected. Here is its history.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 27, 2019

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, architecture, Historic houses, Miller Park, NAACP, Normal house history, North 30th

• A Biography of Architect Everett S. Dodds

  

  This is a biography of Everett S. Dodds, and prolific architect who designed many buildings in North Omaha from 1914 through 1940.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  September 17, 2019

  20th century, Architects, architecture, Buildings, civic infrastructure, economics, Florence, Florence Boulevard, Florence Field, Historic houses, historic preservation, Kountze Place, Miller Park, Minne Lusa, Near North Side, Normal house history, Public housing, Saratoga, White flight

• A History of 1922 Wirt Street in North Omaha

  

  The Kountze Place neighborhood was built for middle- and upper-class Omahans seeking a streetcar suburb suitable for building large homes, raising fine families and enjoying the fruit of their labors. Indicative of the Victorian era, the home was designed in the Eastlake or Stick style, which featured a lot of woodwork and embellishments to really […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  August 9, 2019

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, architecture, Historic houses, Kountze Place, Normal house history, wealthy, White flight, Wirt Street

• A History of 5815 Florence Boulevard

  

  A local home history reveals a 129-year-old barn nestled along a grand view in North Omaha…

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  July 10, 2017

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, architecture, Florence, Historic houses, historic preservation, Lost history, Miller Park, Normal house history, North Omaha