Notre Dame Academy and Convent, Omaha

Name: Notre Dame Academy and Convent
Address: Omaha, United States

#241 among attractions in Omaha

Neo-renaissance architecture

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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 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. ()

Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 41°20'4"N, 95°58'6"W

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Notre Dame Academy and Convent – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters, Florence Mill, Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Mormon Bridge.

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Museum
Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters, Omaha
10 min walk • The Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters is a museum and visitors' center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in the Florence neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
0.8 miNE
Museum, History museum, Farmer's market
Florence Mill, Omaha
22 min walk • Florence Mill, also known as the Weber Mill, is a historic mill located at 9102 North 30th Street near the 30th Street exit on I-680 in the Florence community in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was built in 1846 and operated into the 1960s.
~620 ftE
Cemetery, Historical place, Monuments and statues
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha
3 min walk • The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located at 3300 State Street in present-day Florence at the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of Mormon pioneers who lived in Winter Quarters, a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
1.1 miNE
Bridge
Mormon Bridge, Omaha
27 min walk • The Mormon Bridge is a bridge composed of two cantilevers that crosses the Missouri River connecting Pottawattamie County, Iowa with the Florence neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska via Interstate 680. The bridge is officially called the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge due to its location on the historic Mormon Trail, which passed nearby.
0.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
Bank of Florence Museum, Omaha
11 min walk • The Bank of Florence was a wildcat bank located in Florence, Nebraska Territory. It originally operated for three years in the 1850s, and another bank adopted the name and location in 1904.
1.1 miW
Cemetery
Potter's Field, Omaha
30 min walk • The Potter's Field Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska, United States is located on a 5-acre plot of land at 5000 Young Street near the intersections of Young Street and Mormon Bridge Road.
1 miSW
Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha
26 min walk • Forest Lawn Memorial Park, also known as Forest Lawn Cemetery, is located at 7909 Mormon Bridge Road in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was established in 1885 when the mutual Forest Lawn Cemetery Association was donated 100 acres in northwest of the city. In 1886, the first interment in the cemetery was the donor of the land, John H. Brackin.
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Temple
Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple, Omaha
3 min walk • The Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple is the 104th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is located in Florence, now a neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, USA, and formerly an independent city.
1.4 miSW
City, Neighbourhood
North Omaha, Omaha
37 min walk • North Omaha is a community area in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. It is bordered by Cuming and Dodge Streets on the south, Interstate 680 on the north, North 72nd Street on the west and the Missouri River and Carter Lake, Iowa on the east, as defined by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
0.5 miNE
Museum, History museum, Military museum
General Crook House, Omaha
12 min walk • The General George Crook House Museum is located in Fort Omaha. The Fort is located in the Miller Park neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and is a contributing property to the Fort Omaha Historic District.
0.4 miE
Park
Florence Park, Omaha
11 min walk • The Florence Park is a city-owned public park in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. Located at North 30th and State Streets, it is the oldest park and the oldest original town square in Nebraska, having been created by the original pioneers of the area in the 1840s.

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Nearby attractions include Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple, Omaha (3 min walk), Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha (3 min walk), Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters, Omaha (10 min walk), Florence Park, Omaha (11 min walk).