Last updated: September 19, 2022
Place
Chiodo Apartments
David Calease, NPS
Quick Facts
Location:
2556 Marcy Street
Significance:
Architecture
Designation:
National Register of Historic Places
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
MANAGED BY:
Private Property Owner
Now commonly referred to as the Lancaster Apartment Building, the Chiodo Apartment building is in Omaha’s Columbus Park neighborhood. Built in 1918 and designed by Omaha architect Birger Kvenild, the building was the last of four apartment buildings constructed by Vincenzo P. Chiodo.
Designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the footprint is essentially an L shape with bump-out bays of the front and rear elevations to create small sunrooms in each apartment. Chiodo purchased cut stone that F. O. Johnson salvaged from the second Douglas County Courthouse which was demolished in 1885 to building the Chiodo’s foundation and first two stories while the Corinthian columns flanking each of the four entrances to the Chiodo once a held the dome of the courthouse. The entryways feature leaded glass, on each side of the doors and original stained glass featuring a "C" for Chiodo.
Omaha’s first Italian enclaves were formed as early as 1890 near 24th and Poppleton Street. The city experienced influx of Italian immigrants between 1905 and 1914 as part of a larger mass migration to America, creating an Italian neighborhood near the Union Pacific yards downtown, where many Italians worked. Additional Italian enclaves were formed throughout the city, including an area where Chiodo constructed dozens of houses and duplexes along with the Leone, Florentine, Carpathia, and Chiodo apartment buildings.The National Register nomination for this property is not yet digitized but can be requested from the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office.
Designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the footprint is essentially an L shape with bump-out bays of the front and rear elevations to create small sunrooms in each apartment. Chiodo purchased cut stone that F. O. Johnson salvaged from the second Douglas County Courthouse which was demolished in 1885 to building the Chiodo’s foundation and first two stories while the Corinthian columns flanking each of the four entrances to the Chiodo once a held the dome of the courthouse. The entryways feature leaded glass, on each side of the doors and original stained glass featuring a "C" for Chiodo.
Omaha’s first Italian enclaves were formed as early as 1890 near 24th and Poppleton Street. The city experienced influx of Italian immigrants between 1905 and 1914 as part of a larger mass migration to America, creating an Italian neighborhood near the Union Pacific yards downtown, where many Italians worked. Additional Italian enclaves were formed throughout the city, including an area where Chiodo constructed dozens of houses and duplexes along with the Leone, Florentine, Carpathia, and Chiodo apartment buildings.The National Register nomination for this property is not yet digitized but can be requested from the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office.