South Omaha is a former city and current district of Omaha , Nebraska , United States . During its initial development phase the town's nickname was "The Magic City" because of the seemingly overnight growth, due to the rapid development of the Union Stockyards . Annexed by the City of Omaha in 1915, the community has numerous historical landmarks many are within the South Omaha Main Street Historic District .
8-515: Mason School is located at 1012 South 24th Street in south Omaha , Nebraska , United States. Designed in the Richardson Romanesque style by the architectural firm of Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie , the school was built in 1888 by the brick manufacturing and construction firm of Hadden, Rocheford & Gould . The school closed in the late 1970s and was converted into apartments. It was designated an Omaha Landmark in 1986 and listed on
16-411: A regional stockyards and meatpacking center. As its industrial jobs did not require high-level language skills, it drew thousands of immigrant workers, mostly from eastern and southern Europe. This area of the city showed ethnic succession , as different waves of immigrants established certain territories as their own during their first settlement. Some descendants moved out of the area into other parts of
24-551: The National Register of Historic Places that same year. Mason School is a two-story brick building named in honor of Charles Mason , a Nebraska Supreme Court Justice in the early years of the state. When the school was built in 1888, it was located on the western fringe of Omaha on an unpaved South 24th Street. At the time it was opened, it was the largest elementary school in Omaha, with sixteen classrooms. The first principal
32-601: The Czech, Irish, Italian, Latino, Lithuanian, and Polish immigrants who made up the original workforce in the meatpacking industry; they were primarily Roman Catholic in religion. In recent decades, South Omaha has seen an influx of new immigrants representing Hispanic and Sudanese populations. The early diversity is evident in the variety of religious institutions established by the various ethnic communities, which established national Roman Catholic and other places of worship, including Catholic Churches : Orthodox churches: In
40-471: The city, and newer immigrant groups filled the neighborhoods behind them. South Omaha was annexed by Omaha on June 20, 1915. At that time it was 6.4 mi² and had 40,000 residents. In 1947, there were 15,000 people working in meatpacking. Structural changes to the meatpacking industry in the 1960s, including decentralization of operations, cost the city 10,000 jobs. South Omaha was, and continues to be, culturally diverse. Many residents are descended from
48-400: Was Jennie McKoons, with a staff of five teachers. When it first opened the school had 326 students; however, within a few years it expanded so rapidly that three wooden additions had to be constructed to accommodate the student body. They were replaced in 1936 with a brick addition. In 1989 the building was renovated and turned into apartments . Industrialist and philanthropist Peter Kiewit
56-531: Was among the school's notable students. This article about a National Register of Historic Places listing in Omaha, Nebraska is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South Omaha The traditional borders of South Omaha included Vinton Street to the north, Harrison Street to the south, the Missouri River to the east, and 42nd Street to the west. The area that would become South Omaha
64-418: Was rural until the early 1880s, when cattle baron Alexander Hamilton Swan decided to establish a stockyards operation just south of Omaha. The South Omaha plat was registered on July 18, 1884. Two years later, South Omaha was incorporated as a city. By 1890, the city had grown to 8,000 people, a rate of growth that earned it the nickname of "The Magic City". In less than 10 years, South Omaha had developed as
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