Lake School
Lake School was a public elementary school in the Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The school was one of Omaha's "black schools", and served grade one through grade eight. It closed in the 1970s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Plains Black History Museum and St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Great Plains Black History Museum
Museum
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The Great Plains Black History Museum currently resides on the first floor of the historic Jewell Building in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was formerly located at 2213 Lake Street in the Near North Side neighborhood in North Omaha. Great Plains Black History Museum is situated 1,600 feet west of Lake School.
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church
Church
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St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first church for African Americans in Nebraska, organized in North Omaha in 1867. It is located at 2402 North 22nd Street in the Near North Side neighborhood. St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 1,100 feet west of Lake School.
Kountze Park
Park
Kountze Park is an urban public park located at 1920 Pinkney Street in the Kountze Place neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. The Park is historically significant as the site of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carter Lake and Omaha.
Carter Lake
Town
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Carter Lake is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. A suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, it sits surrounding the south and west sides of the region's major airport, Eppley Airfield.
Omaha
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Omaha is the largest city in the US state of Nebraska, with about 486,000 residents in 2020. Tourist attractions in Omaha include history, sports, outdoors and cultural experiences.
Benson
Neighborhood
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Benson is a historic neighborhood in North Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, originally platted in 1887 and annexed to the City of Omaha in 1917. Benson is situated 3½ miles west of Lake School.
Lake School
- Type: school
- Description: public, elementary school in Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Location: City of Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Lake School” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة البحيره”
- French: “Lake School”
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