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The former St. Matthias' Episcopal Church, now known as the Dietz United Methodist Church, is a historic church in
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, United States. It was built in 1888 for the Episcopal Church, and designed in the
Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
and
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
styles by architect John H.W. Hawkins. With It was acquired by the
United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...
in 1920. It has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
since November 23, 1980.


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National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska Gothic Revival architecture in Nebraska Romanesque Revival architecture in Nebraska Churches completed in 1888 1888 establishments in Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub