Strehlow Terrace

Infobox_nrhp | name =Strehlow Terrace
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location= Omaha, NE
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 16 | lat_seconds = 41.17 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 95 | long_minutes = 56 | long_seconds = 18.12 | long_direction = W
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built =1905
architect= Robert C. Strehlow, Frederick A. Henninger
architecture= Classical Revival, Prairie School, Bungalow/craftsman
added = December 23, 1986
governing_body = Local
refnum=86003446 cite 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]

Strehlow Terrace, also called the Terrace Garden Apartment Complex and Ernie Chambers Court, is located at 2024 and 2107 North Sixteenth Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. Designed by Robert Strehlow and reputed local architect Frederick Henninger, Strehlow was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [(nd) [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NE/Douglas/vacant.html Douglas County] . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6/4/07.]

History

Constructed between 1905 and 1916. The six buildings that comprise the complex are designed in the Prairie School style. [(2004) [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/tax/douglas.htm Tax Incentive Program Projects in Douglas County] . State of Nebraska. Retrieved 6/4/07.] The complex includes the Majestic, the Strehlow, and the Roland, built in 1905, 1907, and 1909, respectively. There is also a one-story apartment, a two-story residence, and a garage/apartment, built between 1910 and 1920. According to the City of Omaha, the complex is the state's earliest known example of an integrated grouping of related apartment buildings. It is arranged around a central courtyard and includes a concrete fountain and benches.

Robert Strehlow, an Omaha-based builder, was a renowned builder during Omaha's 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition and the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915. Strehlow developed his apartment complex during that period, incorporating aspects of turn-of-the-century design, including an axial court arrangement, a sculptured fountain, and landscaped grounds. [(2007) [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/douglas2.htm More Nebraska National Register Sites in Douglas County] . Nebraska Historical Society. Retrieved 6/4/07.]

Currently

Strehlow Terrace was redeveloped in 1990, and received continuous redevelopment throughout the 1990s, and was recently renamed the Ernie Chambers Court in honor of Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers. [(nd) [http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/1923767.html Chambers Court:Building to receive millions in renovations] . WOWT.com. Retrieved 6/4/07.]

ee also

*History of North Omaha, Nebraska
*Architecture of North Omaha, Nebraska

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