The Drake Court Apartments and the Dartmore Apartments Historic District, built between 1916 and 1921, is located at Jones Street from 20th to 23rd Streets in
Midtown Omaha
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, in the
U.S. state
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of
Nebraska
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. Built in combined
Georgian Revival
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,
Colonial Revival
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The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...
and
Prairie School
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styles, the complex was designated a City of Omaha Landmark in 1978; it was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as a
historic district
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in 1980.
[ .] The historic district originally included with 19 buildings. In 2014, boundary of the historic district was expanded by include three additional buildings, and decreased by to remove open space and parking that had been re-purposed, for a new total of . The district was also renamed to Drake Court Historic District.
About
Located in the formerly affluent and prosperous mixed-use neighborhood west of downtown
Omaha
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, the Drake Court Apartments and the Dartmore Apartments were built between 1916-1921 by William B. Drake, a prolific builder who held more than four million dollars' worth of apartments throughout Omaha in 1925. These particular buildings were built in both Georgian Revival and Prairie School styles.
With beautiful landscaped grounds, marble floors in a number of units and a surrounding park-like atmosphere scattered throughout a mixed-use neighborhood, Drake Court was once a highly desired property.
Other buildings in the historic district include the Monroe Apartment Building, built in 1920. A four-story structure, it was rehabilitated in 1987. The Madison Apartments, built in 1927, were rehabilitated in 1985.
[(2004) . State of Nebraska Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 5/16/07.]
Three buildings were added in the 2014 expansion, the
Ansonia, Ainsworth, and Beverly Apartments.
See also
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History of Omaha, Nebraska
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External links
Modern Photoof Drake Court.
Drake Court District Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities.
References
{{Omaha Landmark districts
National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha Landmarks
Apartment buildings in Omaha, Nebraska
Midtown Omaha, Nebraska
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska