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864:, Landmarks Inc. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
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701:List of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska
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382:building was listed on the NRHP in 1990.
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395:1700 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska
269:Notable designs by John Latenser Sr.
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114:National Register of Historic Places
498:1013 Jones Street, Omaha, Nebraska
453:1024 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska
375:3819 Jones Street, Omaha, Nebraska
768:"Carnegie Library, Hastings, Neb."
101:whose influential public works in
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