Saunders School, located at 415 North 41st Avenue in the
Midtown area of
Omaha,
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
, United States, was declared a landmark by the City of Omaha in 1985, and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1986.
About
Named for
Alvin Saunders
Alvin Saunders (July 12, 1817November 1, 1899) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, as well as the final and longest-serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil War.
Education
Saunders was bo ...
, Nebraska's last territorial governor and a member of the Board of Regents of
Omaha High School, Saunders School was built in the
Romanesque style in 1899. It was designed by prominent Omaha architect
John Latenser, Sr. to reflect his interest in neo-classical form and detail. It was the first commission Latenser received among many for Omaha's civic and commercial buildings.
The school's roof was torn off and the building was partially destroyed by the
Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913
The tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913 was a devastating series of tornado outbreaks that affected the northern Great Plains, the Southern United States, and sections of the upper Midwest over a two-day-long period between March 21–23, 1 ...
.
After operating as a school for more than 80 years, the two-story brick building was renovated for use as apartments in the late 1980s.
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Saunders School
City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
See also
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History of Omaha
The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian C ...
References
Landmarks in North Omaha, Nebraska
Schools in North Omaha, Nebraska
History of North Omaha, Nebraska
National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska
Defunct schools in Omaha, Nebraska
Apartment buildings in Omaha, Nebraska
John Latenser Sr. buildings
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
1899 establishments in Nebraska
School buildings completed in 1899
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