Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Neighborhoods in Central and South Omaha including Maenner South, Robin Hill, Karen and others

Mead and Hunt, Inc.

From executive summary: "The City of Omaha Certified Local Government (Omaha CLG), in cooperation with the Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS), contracted with Mead & Hunt, Inc. (Mead & Hunt) to conduct a Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey (NeHBS) in the survey area, which is comprised of two discontiguous areas located southwest of downtown Omaha. Mead & Hunt completed the survey and prepared this report between January and May 2009. The westernmost survey area contains approximately 521 properties. It is located south of Interstate Highway 80 (I-80) and is generally bounded by L Street on the south, South 60th Street on the east, Buckingham Avenue on the north, and the Little Papillion Creek on the west. The easternmost survey area contains approximately 3,320 properties. It is located north of I-80 and is generally bounded by South 50th Street on the west, Center Street on the north, the Omaha Belt Line Railroad on the east, and I-80 on the south. The westernmost survey area generally includes post-World War II residential, commercial, and institutional resources. The easternmost survey area generally consists of late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential resources and mid-twentieth century residential, commercial, and institutional resources. Currently, there are no individual properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) and no individual properties are designated as Omaha Landmarks at this time. Mead & Hunt conducted a reconnaissance-level survey in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Archaeology and Historic Preservation and Standards for Identification and Evaluation and the NeHBS survey standards. This was the first Omaha reconnaissance-level survey to identify and evaluate a significant number and concentration of postwar resources. Surveyed properties were evaluated for their potential to be eligible for the National Register and for designation as an Omaha Landmark. The reconnaissance-level survey identified 16 individual properties as good candidates for National Register or Omaha Landmark designation. This report documents the results of historical research and field investigations. Chapter 1 of the report contains an overview of the historic development and outlines historic themes for the survey area. Chapters 2 through 4 of the report include a discussion of the survey methodology, a description of architectural styles and associated historic contexts of properties documented within the survey area, Mead & Hunt’s recommendations for the National Register and Omaha Landmark designation and future research considerations, and an introduction to the survey process and its administrators. The report concludes with a list of the surveyed properties, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms used in the report." Project funding was provided in part by a 2008 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Omaha (project number NE-08-023) administered by the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 31-08-21732) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Omaha, Nebraska is a Certified Local Government.

Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Neighborhoods in Central and South Omaha including Maenner South, Robin Hill, Karen and others

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