NRHP: Leone Florentine and Carpathia Apartment Buildings
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Leone Florentine & Carpathia Apartment Buildings
NRHP Reference #: 85001073
NRHP Listing Date: 19850516
Location
832 & 834 S 24th, 907-911 S 25th, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Leone, Carpathia, and Florentine, known today as the Kent Apartments, are a grouping of three apartment buildings and a rear courtyard. Vincenzo P. Chiodo, a native of southern Italy, erected the buildings between 1909 and 1912 and utilized Italian stonemasons in the construction. Chiodo's choice of an Italian version of the Renaissance Revival style for the design, and the use of stone and cobble masonry in the construction, is unique in Nebraska apartment buildings of this period and was no doubt influenced by his heritage. Chiodo became a leader in Omaha's Italian social and religious organizations and acquired a considerable fortune in real estate.
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