Country Club Historic District

Only 1 of 433 properties in the Country Club Historic District contributes to its significance.

David Calease, NPS

Quick Facts

Location:

Situated between Northwest Radial Highway and Happy Hollow Boulevard, from 50th to 56th Streets

Significance:

Community Planning & Development; Architecture

Designation:

National Register of Historic Places

MANAGED BY:

Private Property Owners

Five miles north and west of Omaha’s central business core, the Country Club Historic District encompasses approximately twenty-seven square blocks. The National Register of Historic Places district is an early twentieth century planned residential community of tree lined streets, decorative streetlights, and buildings of a variety of architectural styles. Consisting predominantly of period revival style, single family houses, the district also includes a Gothic Revival church, modern style houses and apartment complex, four apartment buildings and several duplexes designed to be compatible with the surrounding properties. The street system combines an extension of the city’s grid system with others following the rolling topography.

Platted in 1926, district was planned and marketed to attract homebuyers expecting an exceptionally high level of quality and consistency in neighborhood layout, amenities, home design, and environment. The subdivision developer even went so far to label his firm as “Community Builders” to promote this community subdivision. Within the larger community plan, a large concentration and variety of fine period revival houses were designed by local architects with the last major construction was occurring in 1949.

Please respect private property while enjoying this district from the public right-of-way.