NRHP: Columbian School
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Columbian School
NRHP Reference #: 90001769
NRHP Listing Date: 19901128
Location
3819 Jones, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Columbian School is a two-story grammar school building constructed in 1892. It is an excellent example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, a style employed for many of the most important civic and commercial buildings constructed in Omaha during its first boom period. Grand scale Romanesque Revival-style buildings patterned after those of H. H. Richardson and his followers symbolized Omaha's transformation from frontier village to city in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
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About the National Register of Historic Places
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.
