Lizzie Robinson House

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location= Omaha, Nebraska
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 4.29
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 95
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 17.18
long_direction = W
locmapin = Nebraska
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architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
added = February 25, 1993
governing_body = Private
refnum=93000058cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Lizzie Robinson House, located at 2864 Corby Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, is the location of the first Church of God in Christ congregation in the state. Built in 1910, the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was designated an Omaha landmark in 1992.

About

Edward and Lizzie Robinson founded the first Church of God in Christ in the state of Nebraska after they moved to Omaha in 1916. The Robinsons resided here with their daughter, Ida Baker, from 1916 through 1924. [(nd) [http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/118/Default.htm Lizzie Robinson House] City of Omaha Landmark Preservation Commission. Retrieved 5/3/07.] According to the City of Omaha, "Mrs. Robinson is significant historically for her role as organizer of the women’s ministry for the Church of God in Christ, the largest African American Pentecostal denomination in the world." [(nd) [http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/117/Default.htm Robinson Memorial Church of God in Christ] . City of Omaha Landmark Preservation Commission. Retrieved 5/16/07.]

ee also

*History of North Omaha, Nebraska
*History of Nebraska
* List of churches in Omaha, Nebraska

References