The Rosewater School, now known as the Rosewater Apartments, is located at 3764 South 13th Street in South Omaha

Omaha

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, Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

. Built in 1910, the building was named an Omaha Landmark on September 18, 1984, and added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1985.

About

Named for Edward Rosewater

Edward Rosewater

Edward Rosewater, born Edward Rosenwasser, was a Republican Party politician and newspaper editor in Omaha, Nebraska...

, the founder of the Omaha Bee

Omaha Bee

The Omaha Bee was a pioneer newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska founded on May 8, 1871, by Edward Rosewater, a Bohemian Jewish immigrant who supported abolition and fought in the Union Army. The Bee was regarded as a Republican newspaper, and early on featured Rosewater's opinions...

newspaper and organizer of the Omaha School District, the Rosewater School is called "a fine example of the Second Renaissance Revival style of architecture." The brick, two-story structure was converted to apartments in 1985.