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A History of the Ames Plaza, North Omaha’s Shopping Center

A history of Ames Plaza in North Omaha by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com
A history of Ames Plaza in North Omaha by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com

This is a history of the Ames Plaza, opened in 1960 at North 56th and Ames Avenue in then-Northwest Omaha.

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A Biography of Architect Everett S. Dodds

Everett S. Dodds (1898-1958), Architect, North Omaha, Nebraska
This is Everett S. Dodds (1898-1958), a prolific and popular architect in Omaha who designed many buildings in North Omaha.

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

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A History of North Omaha’s Holy Family Catholic Church

A History of North Omaha's Holy Family Catholic Church by Adam Fletcher Sasse, NorthOmahaHistory.com.
This is a history of North Omaha's Holy Family Catholic Church by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com.

For more than 50 years, Holy Family Catholic has been among the most activist Catholic parishes in Omaha. Before that it was an Italian parish, and before that, Irish. Here’s a history.

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A History of North Omaha’s Charles Storz House

Charles Storz House, 1901 Wirt Street, North Omaha, Nebraska
North Omaha's Charles Storz House at 1901 Wirt Street is a fine example of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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

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A History of Italians in North Omaha

St. Alfio Society Parade in North Omaha, Nebraska, in 1949
This is a the St. Alfio Society Parade in North Omaha in 1949. Shown at N. 17th and Clark, the procession led to Hold Family Church.

Omaha is a city of immigrants, and North Omaha is no exception. Along with its historic African American community and wealthy white settlers, the community has been home to Jews, Scandinavians, English and other Europeans. Among this plethora of diversity are Italians from across their homeland who came for jobs, homes and connections. More than […]

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A History of 1922 Wirt Street in North Omaha

M. B. Copeland House, 1922 Wirt Street, North Omaha, Nebraska
This is a then-and-now comparison pic between 1888 and 2018 at 1922 Wirt Street in Kountze Place.

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 […]

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A History of Segregated Hospitals in Omaha

  “It is almost impossible to get a Negro into a hospital even in the charity wards in Omaha… In the few cases where a Negro is admitted, the Negro physician must turn over the case to a staff [white] physician. The patient loses the advantage of being attended by the man who has followed […]