Last updated: September 8, 2022
Place
Field Club Historic District
David Calease, NPS
Quick Facts
Location:
Bordered by Hanscom Park on the east, the Field Club on the west, Center Street on the south, and Turner Boulevard on the north.
Significance:
Community Planning & Development; Architecture
Designation:
National Register of Historic Places
MANAGED BY:
Private Property Owners
South central Omaha’s Field Club Historic District is approximately three miles south and west of the central business district. Encompassing roughly sixteen square blocks, the National Register of Historic Places district consists of three hundred twenty-eight houses, primarily owner-occupied single-family residences. The neighborhood’s main street is the east/west running Woolworth Boulevard, divided by a large central green space, and flanked by stately homes on either side. Maintained by the Field Club Homeowners League, the green space has been enhanced by landscape features including flowerbeds, potted plants, and decorative concrete benches.
There are three main construction eras found in this district corresponding with its stages of development. The 1880s settlement of the Field Club began when well-established Omahans saw that new streetcar routes would allow them to move away from downtown to newly established subdivisions, bringing with them the Queen Anne and Victorian styles of the era. Many of these early homes we built facing Hansom Park. The district’s largest building boom came around 1910, extending through the early 1920s when leading executives from the livestock exchange business in South Omaha were drawn to the neighborhood. The post-World War II housing boom increased demand the last available lots within the Field Club when the neighborhood was finally completed. These distinct stages of development illustrate eras of architecture and construction throughout the district with many newer homes representing simple minimal traditional styles and variations on the American Foursquare. The neighborhood has been able to Commercial development has not been allowed to permeate the neighborhood over the years, with the only non-residential buildings being the Field Club School and the Westminster Presbyterian Church.
There are three main construction eras found in this district corresponding with its stages of development. The 1880s settlement of the Field Club began when well-established Omahans saw that new streetcar routes would allow them to move away from downtown to newly established subdivisions, bringing with them the Queen Anne and Victorian styles of the era. Many of these early homes we built facing Hansom Park. The district’s largest building boom came around 1910, extending through the early 1920s when leading executives from the livestock exchange business in South Omaha were drawn to the neighborhood. The post-World War II housing boom increased demand the last available lots within the Field Club when the neighborhood was finally completed. These distinct stages of development illustrate eras of architecture and construction throughout the district with many newer homes representing simple minimal traditional styles and variations on the American Foursquare. The neighborhood has been able to Commercial development has not been allowed to permeate the neighborhood over the years, with the only non-residential buildings being the Field Club School and the Westminster Presbyterian Church.