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Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Father Flanagan's House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
14153 Grodinsky Cir Off US 6

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1921/00/00 Father Edward J Flanagan Vocation Father Flanagan moves his Boys' Home to Overlook Farm.
1922/00/00 Leo A Daly Sr Architect Leo A Daly is commissioned by Father Flanagan to create a growth strategy for Overlook Farm - a 160 acre parcel of land then 10 miles west of Omaha.
1977/00/00 Enzo Plazzotta Sculptor Five bronze castings are made at the Mariani foundry in Piestrasanta, Italy, of "Two Brothers" by Enzo Plazzotta. Two Brothers

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Particulars for Boys Town:
Area of Significance Education
Other Description English Rural Gothic
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Institutional housing
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use School
Area of Significance Social History
Architectural Style Tudor Revival
Locale Type Village



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th February 1985

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Registry Address: W. Dodge Rd.
Registry Number: 85002439
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Daley,Leo A., Construction
Architectural Style: Tudor revival, Other
Attribute: English Rural Gothic
Area in Acres: 1310
Contributing Buildings: 70
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Education, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1921
Historic Function: Education, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-Function: School, Institutional housing
Current Function: Education, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-Function: Institutional housing School

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