Prospect Hill, Omaha

The Prospect Hill neighborhood in North Omaha, Nebraska is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. In addition to being home to some of the city's oldest structures, the neighborhood is also the site of the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha's pioneer cemetery. The neighborhood's boundaries are North 30th Street from Hamilton Street to Lake and up to Creighton Boulevard; then over to Blondo and up to North 38th Street to Hamilton.[1] The Omaha Belt Line ran near the northwest corner of the neighborhood. The neighborhood is also home to the historic Franklin Elementary School.[2]

History

After being platted in the Scriptown affair of the 1850s, the neighborhood was immediately put to use by Byron Reed for a cemetery. Soon after it was called the Prospect Hill Cemetery. The first official burial was in 1854, with the grounds being used before that.

The U.S. government used land in the Prospect Hill neighborhood to construct almost 700 units of public housing in the 1940s. Built next to the cemetery on the southwest corner of North 30th and Lake Streets were the Hilltop Homes, across North 30th Street were Spencer Homes, and still located across 30th are Pleasantview Homes, all government housing projects.

Today, Omaha's Salem Baptist Church is in the location where Hilltop used to stand.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Love thy neighborhood: Historic Prospect Hill - Omaha Neighborhoods. Retrieved 12/4/11.
  2. ↑ "Franklin Elementary School", Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 12/4/11.

Coordinates: 41°16′35″N 95°57′42″W / 41.27639°N 95.96167°W / 41.27639; -95.96167 (Prospect Hill)

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