Robbins School
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The Robbins School, originally called Franklin School, is located at 4302 South 39th Avenue in South Omaha
, Nebraska
, USA. It was built in 1910 to serve a newly established and growing Polish community
in South Omaha. A 2000 rehabilitation converted the former school to rental residential use. A pedimented central portico, pilasters, Palladian window and detailed cornice makes Robbins School one of the best Neoclassical Revival style buildings remaining in Omaha. After closing in 1994, the building was renovated in the 1990s and converted into apartments.
The building was originally named Franklin School. In 1928 two local boys whose last name was Robbins rushed into their burning house to save their invalid mother. One of the young boys died in his heroic attempt. The second survived only to be killed later in the same year in an unrelated sledding accident.
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, USA. It was built in 1910 to serve a newly established and growing Polish community
Poles in Omaha
Poles in Omaha, Nebraska arrived relatively early in the city's history. The first Polish immigrants came in the 1870s, and the community grew past 1000 in the late 1890s. By the 1930s there were 10,000 of Polish descent, and Omaha claimed the largest such community of the Great Plains...
in South Omaha. A 2000 rehabilitation converted the former school to rental residential use. A pedimented central portico, pilasters, Palladian window and detailed cornice makes Robbins School one of the best Neoclassical Revival style buildings remaining in Omaha. After closing in 1994, the building was renovated in the 1990s and converted into apartments.
The building was originally named Franklin School. In 1928 two local boys whose last name was Robbins rushed into their burning house to save their invalid mother. One of the young boys died in his heroic attempt. The second survived only to be killed later in the same year in an unrelated sledding accident.