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University of Nebraska at Omaha DigitalCommons@UNO Publications Archives, 1963-2000 Center for Public Affairs Research 1979 Omaha Awareness Tours: The eN ar South Side Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR) University of Nebraska at Omaha Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cparpubarchives Part of the Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, and the Public Affairs Commons Recommended Citation (CPAR), Center for Public Affairs Research, "Omaha Awareness Tours: The eN ar South Side" (1979). Publications Archives, 1963-2000. 107. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cparpubarchives/107 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Public Affairs Research at DigitalCommons@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications Archives, 1963-2000 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 The Near south Side Tour 1 JACKSON I -- r;;;;f BEGIN ~ JONES - v \\\ ~ LEAVENWORTH ~ ~ •2 I j MARCY -=" ::::;._ ~ n MASON :.......!.. ~'~ ~ ~ ~ So o~o.35o ;~ PACIFIC 36e Be •7 .. J ... 9• ... 37° aB as• •40 1 •10 ~ 12o oll PIERCE ...,n. ~ 13• END •72~ 42° n 43• ®"'i~ 68 .. ~ @ 34• ~~ ~ ~ ,. ~ - ..85 + 6656 :J ® •16 ~D. • + 32• :"·:. ~ WILLIAM .:! 58 57155 31° 17• 59 30• 19o Wolllworth Ave lt18 "~ 54 :J 20• ~hiogton •S1 • PINE " 29° ® .. It®~ v,t "E " M 4~ •44 "'\: \ J 28o 22o HICKORY )' 27• •23 Wau1u1 .. It ~ ,. ,;; \ J CENTER -5 ,;; ~ ~ ,;; ,;; vi vi ~ ,;; '"" -5 -5 -5 ·S -5 -5 C•w; il® \ ~ N g ~ ~ ~ .. ~ " J •47 DORCAS 26o 4~ J 25• - MARTHA @ ,----- ~ ~ ~ I ~ ,. ~ CASTELAR @ I I •I ARBOR I :J "@ VINTON •£1- - - - ;:I 4 .. ~ It BANCROF T .. I ... ", J ~ 52·.. .. - • " J •< -~ - _l '• J J ross over the bridge ... and meet the near south side... its vitality and Cvariety . .. its past, its present, and what lies ahead . .. its many fine restaurants . .. its churches and schools. .. its little neighborhood grocery stores and bakeries. .. its people who love their neighborhood and have faith in it and are remodeling some of its lovely old homes and building new ones. a place where Omaha was born and grew and boomed with the railroad and slumped with the railroad and squared its shoulders and started growing again . .. ~ ;·,·~ ·:,;. :· 1 :':'·" • ;:;: :.1.··'·'·' :· ',~ ,, . • .. .. I I I I I I ~ I I ~] 6. ~] 3. Nebraska State Historical Society ~] 5. l 1. The tour begins at lOth and Jones. Drive south on The present owners are expanding by adding four lOth Street. buildings to the north. 1. Butternut Coffee Plant 6. Vallo Della Luciana Restaurant Division of Coca Cola 1017 South 1Oth Street 707 South 1Oth Street Formerly johnny's Cafe and the Pullman Formerly Paxton and Gallagher Hotel Paxton and Gallagher, which dates from 1879, Angelo DiGiacomo sold the Pullman to the did a general grocery business, imported large amounts Ramondi and Genovesi families. Part of the building of tea and cigars, and carried heavy hardware items now houses the Scorpio Lounge. along with the groceries. Until recently, the "P. and G." brand of canned products carried its fame all 7. Gassman Pharmacy over the United States. N E Corner, 1Oth and Pacific 2. Western Heritage Museum 8. Obie's Grocery 801 South 1Oth Street NW Corner, 10th and Pacific Formerly the Union Station The original building was torn down, and the 9. Angie's Restaurant present structure was completed in 1931. SW Corner, 1Oth and Pacific 3. Burlington Station Formerly Trentino's Prior to being Trentino's Restaurant, Angie's was 925 South 1Oth Street a string of wooden apartment houses. An over-the-track ramp or concourse was con structed so that people could walk between the ~ The First United Presbyterian Church, formed Burlington and U:D.ion Stations without having to go in 1868, bad a building where Angie's Restaurant outside. The concourse was torn down in the early is now located. 70's; however, the remains can still be seen on either end of each building. 4. U. S. Post Office 10. The Peoria Hotel Apartments 1109-1111 South 1Oth Street 1Oth and Mason Clerks from the railroad formerly lived here. A branch of the post office built in 1933 is found on the corner of lOth and Mason. The main post 11. Dunsaney Apartments office was then at 16th and Dodge where the Hilton Hotel now stands. NE Corner, lOth and Pierce Oscar Manger has managed these apartments for 5. The Neon Goose Restaurant and Bar years. 1012 South 1Oth Street 12. The Old Street Car Barn Formerly the Harmony Inn NW Corner, 10th and Pierce Angelo DiGiacomo owned the Harmony Inn and The old car barn became a bus garage where city also the Pullman Hotel directly across the street. buses were housed. ,I I Street Car at 11th and Pierce I Nebraska State Historical Society ._,, l - -~----·-·- A ---. ~-.- l "Little Italy" I I I 13. First Methodist Church One house bad ten rooms rented out at 50 SW Corner, 1Oth and Pierce cents per bed and was run like a small hotel. Sometimes 55 to 60 sheets were on the clothes This property is currently occupied by a Mobil gas I line every other day. station used for filling semi-trucks. The church was sold to P.Jfio Caniglia who turned the building into a dance hall called Dome Hall. After being used as I a dance hall, the building was sold to Sam Solo who Miller Mortuary - 1234 South 10th Street made it into a furniture store which was destroyed William Johnston is now the owner of this home by fire. The property was sold, and a combination which was built by Charles Metcalf in 1889 as a filling station and garage was built. present for his bride, the former Miss Anna Virginia I Cornish. Every Tuesday, the family would hold 14. Charles Dougherty Residence "Tuesday Musicals," and neighboring families were 1215 South 10th Street invited to show their talents. The home has 22 l Mr. Dougherty was the grandfather of Leo rooms and was valued at $50,000 when it was built. Hoffman, the mortician. Mr. Dougherty's father, There have been five owners: Metcalf, the D.A.R., John Dougherry, homesteaded in 1855 at 160th Salvatore Salanitr6, Kenneth Miller, and Johnston. and Maple. I Order of the Sons of Italy - 1238 South 15. 1200 Block, South 1Oth Street (east side) 10th Street Sortino Family Residence- 1214 South 10th This fraternal organization is housed in what was J Street once the barn adjacent to Bishop Worthington's This family owns Sortino's Pizza and Sortino's home which is now the White House Apartments. Fruit Market. The family had 12 children, many of At the dedication ceremony on October 17, 1954 whom sold vegetables, watermelons, and Christmas the ribbon was cut by Rocky Marciano, then world I trees in the Old Market in the late 40's and early 50's. heavyweight boxing champion. Cupid Stubendorphe Residence - 1228 South White House Apartments- 1240 South 10th ] 10th Street Street The name "Cupid" was given to Herbert Stuben Originally the home of an Episcopalian bishop dorphe because he sold marriage licenses at City named ~orthington, the building was converted to Hall for many years. a Presbyterian hospital in the 1920's. Subsequently the hospital was sold and turned into a Lutheran ~ Several residences on 1Oth between Pierce home for the aged. Tony LaPuzza then bought the and William were used as sleeping rooms by building and turned it into apartments, and Grace trainmen, expressmen, and railway mail clerks. College of the Bible later purchased it. l J .•. Nebraska State Historical Society 16. Saint Frances Cabrini Church 1335 South 1Oth Street Formerly Saint Philomena Church Saint Philomena was the second parish in Omaha. It was originally located on the corner of 9th and Christ Child Center - 1248 South 1Oth Street Harney. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ihler owned a huge old home here prior to the building of the Christ Child Center. .._ This church and several other homes and The Ihlers owned the Grand Hotel at 16th and buildings in the area are pictured in Omaha Howard as well as the Ihler Distillery. City Architecture, published by Landmarks, The Christ Child Center was first located at 6th Inc. Also shown in this publication are the and Pierce on the top floor of Salerno's Grocery Cornish Apartments, Dietz Methodist Church, and· later at 7th and William. Miss Sara Shanley was Bartell Hall, and the E. E. Bruce Residence at the first .director at this location, and Miss Mary E. 1427 South 8th. The latter home, built in Flannigan is the second and present director of this 1891, has been tom down since Omaha City fine interdenominational neighborhood organization. Architecture was published. 1 I ] I ' r ,- ,, l Jr __j I I I I 17. The Cornish Apartments 1404 South 10th Street 20. Bartell Hall Built by Joel Cornish as a residence, the house I was later divided into apartments. Twelve rooms 1502 South 10th Street were on the first floor and twelve on the second This house is now owned by Grace College of the Bible which bought it from Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hill. plus a small apartment on the third. Each floor was divided into two six-room apartments. One of the Before the Hills owned this home, it had been a treatment center or sanitarium for alcoholics and was tenants was TenEyck Fonda, Henry Fonda's grand called Keely Cure. father. At an early age, Henry and his sister Jane visited their grandfather and often slid down the I banister from the second floor to the first. 18. 18. Dietz Methodist Church NE Corner, 1Oth and Worthington Formerly Saint Matthias Church Saint Matthias Church was started by the Episco palians.