Category: Wirt Street

• A History of North Omaha’s Charles Storz House

  

  This is a history of the Charles Storz House built in 1909 in the Kountze Place neighborhood.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  August 23, 2019

  20th century, 21st century, African Americans, architecture, Kountze Place, Lost history, North Omaha, wealthy, White flight, Wirt Street

• 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