Saunders School, located at 415 North 41st Avenue in the Midtown area of Omaha, Nebraska, United States, was declared a landmark by the City of Omaha in 1985, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Saunders School | |
_from_SW.jpg) Saunders School, now Saunders Apartments, seen from the southwest | |
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| Location | 415 N. Forty-First Ave., Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 41°15′48″N 95°58′28″W / 41.26333°N 95.97444°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architect | John Latenser |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000336 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 13, 1986 |
About
editNamed for Alvin Saunders, 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.[2]
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.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Wreckage left behind" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 2/18/08.
- ^ (nd) Saunders School. City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2007-05-31. Archived March 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
