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The Kountze Place neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska is a historically significant community on the city's north end. Today the neighborhood is home to several buildings and homes listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located between North 16th Avenue on the east to North 30th Street on the west; Locust Street on the south to Pratt Street on the north. Kountze Place was annexed into Omaha in 1887.〔(nd) ("Annexation-Growth Page," ) Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 7/16/07.〕 The neighborhood was built as a suburban middle and upper middle class enclave for doctors, lawyers, successful businessmen and other professional workers. ==About== Bordered by the historic neighborhoods of the Near North Side, Saratoga and East Omaha, Kountze Place was an early upper middle class residential suburb developed by Omaha banker Herman Kountze in 1883.〔(nd) (John P. Bay House ). City of Omaha Landmark Historical Preservation Commission. Retrieved 5/29/07.〕 It was originally accessible only via streetcar. In 1898 Kountze Place was home to the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, a showcase for Nebraska's agricultural and Omaha's urban lifestyles. In 1899 some of the land that the Expo occupied was developed into Kountze Park. The area around the Park was filled in with housing afterwards, with some Exposition buildings being converted into grand houses.〔(nd) (1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Opening to Closing ). Transcription from original notes. Retrieved 5/29/07.〕 A March 1907 Omaha Sunday Bee advertisement promotes Kountze Place: Some of Kountze Place was affected by the Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913, with landmarks such as Trinity Methodist Church to be rebuilt in other parts of the city.〔Sing, T. (2003) ''Omaha's Easter Tornado of 1913.'' Arcadia Publishing.〕 Additionally around this time, many of Kountze Place's richer residents were lured to areas such as Bemis Park and Gold Coast with promises of higher land values.〔Larsen, L. and Cottrell, B. (1997) ''The Gate City: A History of Omaha.'' University of Nebraska Press.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kountze Place」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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