Mason School

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Mason School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	1012 South 24 Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates:	41°15′20.00″N 95°55′9.69″W / 41.2555556, -95.9193583Coordinates: 41°15′20.00″N 95°55′9.69″W / 41.2555556, -95.9193583
Architect:	Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie
Architectural style(s):	Richardson Romanesque
Added to NRHP:	March 13, 1986
NRHP Reference#:	86000339 [1]
Governing body:	private

Mason School is located at 1012 South 24 Street in south Omaha, Nebraska. Designed in the Richardson Romanesque style and built in 1888, the school was closed in the late 1970s and converted into apartments. It was designated an Omaha Landmark in 1986 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places that same year.

[edit] About

Mason School is a two-story brick building named in honor of Charles Mason, a Nebraska State Supreme Court Justice in the early years of the state.

When Mason School was built in 1888 it was located on the western fringe of Omaha on an unpaved South 24th Street. 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.^[2]

In 1989 the building was renovated and turned into apartments.^[3][4]

Industrialist and philanthropist Peter Kiewit was among its notable students.^[5]

[edit] See also

• History of Omaha

[edit] References

v • d • e Landmark schools in Omaha National Register of Historic Places Franklin School • Immaculate Conception School • Monmouth Park School • Omaha High School • Saunders School National Register of Historic Places, Omaha Landmark Center School • Columbian School • Mason School • Park School • Rosewater School • Vinton School Omaha Landmark Robbins School

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