Notre Dame Academy and Convent
National Register of Historic Places

Notre Dame Academy and Convent

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Listed
March 5, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
98000192

About this property

The Notre Dame Academy and Convent is located at 3501 State Street in the Florence neighborhood on the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. It is significant for its ethnic association with the Czech population in Nebraska as the only school and convent of the Czechoslovak School Sisters de Notre Dame (this is not the same order as the School Sisters of Notre Dame) in the United States. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The groups were home to a high school for girls from 1925 through 1974.

Location

3501 State St.
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
41.33447, -95.96861

Categories

ARCHITECTUREEUROPEANEDUCATION
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Nearby Historic Sites

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Neef, Henry B., House
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Crook, Gen. George, House
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When was Notre Dame Academy and Convent listed on the National Register?

Notre Dame Academy and Convent was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1998.

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Notre Dame Academy and Convent is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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