NRHP: Holy Family Church
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Holy Family Church
NRHP Reference #: 86001715
NRHP Listing Date: 19860717
Location
915 N 18th, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Summary
Holy Family was the third parish established in Omaha by the Roman Catholic Vicarate of Nebraska. The present church was built in 1883 to serve Irish railroad workers and their families and is an important example of an ecclesiastical building designed as a combined church, school, and rectory. It is rectangular with classrooms in the basement, the church proper on the main floor, and living quarters for the clergy at the rear. Variations of this building type were common in Roman Catholic parishes in Omaha during the late nineteenth century. Holy Family is the earliest and least altered of two known remaining structures of this type in the city. The church is also the earliest known commission produced by the architect brothers Charles and August Cleves of Omaha, who designed a number of the city's important commercial and ecclesiastical buildings in the early 1880s through 1909.
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The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the country’s official list of historically significant properties. To be eligible for the NRHP a property must generally retain their historic appearance, be at least 50 years old, and have the potential to be documented as historically or architecturally significant at either the local, state, or national level. The National Register of Historic Places is a National Park Service program administered by the Nebraska State Historical Society for the state of Nebraska. Visit the Nebraska State Historical Society's website to learn more about the program.
