Category: White flight

A History of Immanuel Baptist Church

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date July 10, 2020
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This is Immanuel Baptist Church at N. 24th and Pinkney Streets as it appeared in 1922.

A giant church building, a large congregation and lots of impact by Immanuel Baptist Church went on for more than 50 years in North Omaha. Today there’s no sign of this once-important place. This is a history of the church.

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A History of Howard Kennedy School

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date June 5, 2020
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This is Howard Kennedy School at North 30th and Corby Street during its construction around 1912.

Sitting on top of a hill on the western edge of North Omaha, the Omaha View School was one of the city’s earliest. Rebuilt on a new site in 1908, in 1910 it was renamed, too. Since then the school has had notable alumni, built the surrounding neighborhood up, and changed dramatically. This is a history of the Howard Kennedy Elementary School.

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A Timeline of the History of Saratoga

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date May 16, 2020
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In the 1910s, the Suburban Theatre was located on North 24th Street just south of Ames Avenue.

This is a timeline of the history of the Saratoga neighborhood in North Omaha, including the intersection of 24th and Ames. Included here are events, places and people central to the neighborhood’s existence as a pioneer town, leafy suburb, and a seemingly abandoned urban neighborhood.

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A History of the Omaha View Neighborhood in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 15, 2020
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This is a history of North Omaha’s Omaha View neighborhood, one of the city’s oldest western expanses.

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A History of Hope Lutheran Church in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 12, 2020
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In 1946, this building became home to Hope Lutheran Church at 2723 North 30th Street. Pella Danish Lutheran Church was opened there in 1906.

This is a history of the only African American Lutheran church in Nebraska today, called Hope Lutheran Church.

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A History of Monmouth Park Neighborhood in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 7, 2020
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This is a 2018 satellite image of the Monmouth Park neighborhood.

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.