Flashback Friday: Historic Soddies as Modern Dwellings
Can you imagine living in a sod house—not as a pioneer, but as a modern person? Some people do, and some e pioneer-era soddies survive as modern dwellings.
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What We Found
We can’t win all fights
The Clarinda, 2014, courtesy of Ruben Acosta.
It is a sad truth: not every historic building can be saved. This was made evident on July 1st as the Omaha City ...
Last Chance! Preservation: Plain & Simple
Preservation: Plain & Simple Conference | May 1, 2015 from 8AM - 4:30 PM
REGISTER NOW for the Preservation: Plain & Simple Conference, to be held THIS FRIDAY at ...
Preservation Success Story: Meridian Highway Bridge
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has released the latest in its series of “Success Stories” on the Meridian Highway Bridge at Yankton, SD. The series ...
Do you have a Dodds “Pattern Book” House in Your Neighborhood?
The front cover of the Dodds Homes catalogue
CALL FOR PATTERN BOOK HOUSES Want to explore history in your community? May is ...
Recent Acquisition: Architectural Plan – Lincoln School, Norfolk, Nebraska
Architectural drawing for the Lincoln Public School, Norfolk, Nebraska, by James C. Stitt. [NSHS RG6034.AM]
The Nebraska State Historical Society recently ...
Call for Dodds Houses in May Yields Results
Five previously unidentified early twentieth-century “pattern book” houses by Omaha architect Everett S. Dodds have been located thanks to a search sponsored by ...
Sod House Survey Finds “Bungalow-style” Soddies in Western Nebraska
David Murphy (Senior Research Architect) and Diane Laffin (Architectural Historian) stand in front of a six room sod house in Logan County, Nebraska, in Fall ...
Lincoln’s 1963 Sky Park Manor had “thrilling tingle of excitement” and fallout shelter
By Kylie Kinley
This article first appeared in the January-February-March 2017 issue of Nebraska History News. Illustrations are from Sky Park's promotional ...
Why Architect Thomas R. Kimball Belongs in the Nebraska Hall of Fame
Despite his high regard among architects and fans of historic buildings, Thomas Rogers Kimball (1862-1934) isn’t exactly a household name. His recent election to the ...
The Church Built Top to Bottom – St. Mary Magdalene Church in Omaha
Omaha’s St. Mary Magdalene Church has the distinction of being built in reverse order. It's upper level was completed in 1903, its lower level in 1920. How is this possible?
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