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Notre Dame Academy and Convent
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Omaha Landmark
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Location	Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°20′3.85″N 95°58′5.95″W / 41.3344028°N 95.9683194°W / 41.3344028; -95.9683194
Built	1926
Architect	Matthew Lahr, Carl Stangel
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	98000192
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1998
Designated OMAL	April 21, 1998

The Notre Dame Academy and Convent is located at 3501 State Street in the Florence neighborhood on the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. It is significant for its ethnic association with the Czech population in Nebraska as the only school and convent of the Czechoslovakian School Sisters de Notre Dame (this is not the same order as the School Sisters of Notre Dame) in the United States. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The groups were home to a high school for girls from 1925 through 1974.

History

The 1880s and 90s saw nearly 100,000 Czechs leave the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia and emigrate to the United States. Once in the United States the immigrants tended to establish Czech-only neighborhoods and towns that were almost self-sufficient, with Czech-language shops, banks, churches and schools. The Czechoslovakian School Sisters of Notre Dame came to the United States to sustain Czech immigrants by teaching the Czech language and culture.

The order purchased Seven Oaks Farm, Father Edward J. Flanagan's original site for Boys Town. Afterwards, Sisters were regular staff at Boys Town.

Design

Influenced by the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha architects Matthew Lahr and Carl Stangel designed the E-shaped convent and school in 1924. It was constructed in phases over the next twenty-six years, all complying with the original design. It was designed in the late Italian Renaissance Revival style.

School

Notre Dame Academy was sponsored and staffed by the Notre Dame Sisters from 1926 through its merger with Rummel High School to form the present Roncalli Catholic High School in 1974.

Present

In 1997 the Sisters of Notre Dame changed the usage of the property, re-opening it as "Seven Oaks of Florence". The facility provides low-income housing for seniors subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

See also

• Czechs in Omaha, Nebraska
• List of churches in Omaha, Nebraska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. ^ "Omaha Landmarks". Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
3. (1998) National Register of Historic Places Listings in Nebraska. National Park Service. Retrieved 6/11/07.
4. (nd) Coming to America Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine. History of Notre Dame Sisters of Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved 6/11/07.
5. (2007) More National Historic Register Sites in Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 6/11/07.
6. (nd) Notre Dame Academy 1928-1974 Archived 2009-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Notre Dame Sisters of Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved 6/11/07.
7. (nd) History Archived 2007-06-29 at the Wayback Machine. Seven Oaks of Florence. Retrieved 6/11/07.

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Ordinaries	Bishops James Myles O'Gorman James O.Connor Richard Scannell Jeremiah James Harty Joseph Francis Rummel Archbishops James Hugh Ryan Gerald Thomas Bergan Daniel E. Sheehan Elden Francis Curtiss George Joseph Lucas
Auxiliary bishops	Daniel E. Sheehan Anthony Michael Milone
Churches	Cathedral St. Cecilia Cathedral Parishes St. Anthony's Church, Cedar Rapids St. Leonard Church, Madison Holy Family Shrine Holy Family Church, Omaha Immaculate Conception Church, Omaha Sacred Heart Church, Omaha St. Frances Cabrini Church, Omaha St. John's Church, Omaha St. Joseph Church, Omaha St. Bonaventure Church, Raeville
Education	Higher education Creighton University College of Saint Mary High schools Archbishop Bergan High School, Fremont Cedar Catholic High School, Hartington Central Catholic High School, West Point Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School, Bellevue Duchesne Academy, Omaha Holy Family High School, Lindsay Marian High School, Omaha Mercy High School, Omaha Mount Michael Benedictine School, Omaha Norfolk Catholic High School, Norfolk Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School, Elgin Roncalli Catholic High School, Omaha St. Francis High School, Humphrey St. Mary's High School, O'Neill Scotus Central Catholic High School, Columbus V. J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha
Priests	Blase J. Cupich William Joseph Dendinger Edward J. Flanagan Joseph G. Hanefeldt Edward Joseph Hunkeler Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern John Linus Paschang
Other	Boys Town Notre Dame Academy and Convent Mount Michael Abbey Christ the King Priory Immaculata Monastery & Spirituality Center
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