Peony Park
Peony Park was an amusement park located at North 78th and Cass Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1919, over the next seventy-five years the 35-acre park included a 4.5-acre pool, beach and waterslide, a ballroom that billed itself as "1 acre under one roof," an open-air dance area for 3000 dancers, amusement rides, and various sundries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and Omaha Community Playhouse.
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
Hospital
Children's Nebraska is a non-profit regional pediatric specialty health care system and hospital based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The 231-bed hospital is the only free-standing children's hospital in Nebraska.
Omaha Community Playhouse
Theater building
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The Omaha Community Playhouse, located at 6915 Cass Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is a nationally recognized community theater. Founded in 1924, the Playhouse's first president was Alan McDonald, architect of the Joslyn Art Museum, and its first play, directed by Greg Foley in April 1925, was The Enchanted Cottage, which starred Dodie Brando, the mother of Marlon Brando.
Creighton Preparatory School
School
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Creighton Preparatory School is a private, Jesuit high school for boys in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It was established in 1878 under the name Creighton College and is located in the Archdiocese of Omaha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Regency and Benson.
Regency
Neighborhood
Regency is a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Bound by West Dodge Road, South 96th Street, Pacific Street and Interstate 680, the development was the first major real estate development funded by Mutual of Omaha. Regency is situated 2 miles southwest of Peony Park.
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 2 miles northeast of Peony Park.
Irvington
Hamlet
Irvington is an unincorporated community located just outside the northwest city limits of Omaha, Nebraska. As of 2010, Irvington's estimated population was 451, making it the smallest village in the Greater Omaha Metropolitan area, according to the Nebraska State Historical Society. Irvington is situated 4 miles north of Peony Park.
Peony Park
- Type: Park
- Description: former amusement park in Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Categories: amusement park and recreation area
- Location: Douglas, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.26667° or 41° 16′ northLongitude
-96.04002° or 96° 2′ 24″ westElevation
1,043 feet (318 metres)Open location code
86H57X85+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 357760342OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Peony Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Peony Park”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيونى پارك”
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