The Swoboda Bakery was built in 1888 in the
Little Bohemia neighborhood of
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
. It was 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 ...
on July 19, 1996.
History
Constructed in 1888 by Joseph Dworak & Company, the Swoboda Bakery was central to Omaha's
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
*Czech, ...
immigrant community. The two-story building was originally designed as a mixed-use commercial and residential property. After a City-funded rehabilitation was completed in 1996, the building was converted to rental residential space only.
[(2001) , Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 7/31/07.]
See also
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History of Omaha
The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian C ...
References
Czech-American culture in Omaha, Nebraska
Czech restaurants in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska
History of South Omaha, Nebraska
Commercial buildings completed in 1888
Residential buildings completed in 1888
Landmarks in South Omaha, Nebraska
Bakeries of the United States
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
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