Holy Family Catholic Church (Omaha, Nebraska)

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Holy Family Church
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Church, seen from the northwest, across Izard Street
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Location Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°16′6.75″N95°56′20.01″W / 41.2685417°N 95.9388917°W / 41.2685417; -95.9388917 Coordinates: 41°16′6.75″N95°56′20.01″W / 41.2685417°N 95.9388917°W / 41.2685417; -95.9388917
Built1883 [1]
ArchitectCleves Bros.; Et al.
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No. 86001715 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1986
Designated OMALOctober 22, 1985 [1]

Holy Family Church was built in 1883 at 1715 Izard Street, at the intersections of 18th and Izard Streets in North Omaha, Nebraska within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. It is the oldest existing Catholic Church in Omaha,[ citation needed ] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

Holy Family Church was built in 1883 for Irish railroad workers and their families. It was designed by Omaha architects Charles and August Cleves [3] in Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival Style. The complex includes a parish church, school and rectory. Later, the church served Omaha's growing Italian immigrant community. Priests at Holy Family Church were ultimately responsible for establishing Creighton University in the late 1800s. [4] There was also a priest assigned to serve the Omaha's Czech immigrant community in 1915. [5]

Holy Family Church was regarded as a center of progressive activism in the 1960s and 1970s under the pastorate of Father John McCaslin. David Rice, of the Rice/Poindexter Case, was a guitar player at the church in the early 1970s.

The building was designated an Omaha landmark in 1985, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. According to the City of Omaha, Holy Family is the oldest remaining brick church structure in the city. [6]

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