Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Neighborhoods in West-Central Omaha including Fairacres, Dillon's Fairacres, Mel-Air 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 an area west of downtown Omaha. Mead & Hunt completed the survey and prepared this report between January and May 2009. The survey area contains approximately 1,308 properties. Generally, the survey area is bounded by J.E. George Boulevard and Happy Hollow Boulevard on the east; Pacific Street on the south; Western Avenue on the north; and North and South 72nd Street on the west. It excludes the University of Nebraska-Omaha campus (see Figure 1. Map of Survey Area shown in Chapter 2). The survey area includes the former village of Fairacres, which was annexed by the City of Omaha in 1941, and residential subdivisions and plats. The survey area generally consists of late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential resources and mid-twentieth century residential, commercial, and institutional resources. Currently, one property – Elmwood Park – is considered eligible for listing the National Register of Historic Places (National Register), and one property – the Pedestrian Bridge over Dodge Street is a designated Omaha Landmark. 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 a significant number of postwar resources and to work through their evaluation. 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 27 individual properties and two residential historic districts 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 West-Central Omaha including Fairacres, Dillon's Fairacres, Mel-Air and others

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