Snow covers the ground surrounding a two-story brick building in this 3 3/4" x 2 3/4" black and white photograph. The building has one section with a flat roof and another with a gabled roof. There is a decorative archway where the two sections meet, and the gabled section has a cupola on top. The building has many windows on both floors. At one end of the building, cars are parked in a parking lot, which has a driveway connecting it to the street that runs in front of the school. Two trees are visible; one is evergreen, and the other has bare branches.
Omaha Public School Archive Collection / Educational Research Library
Local Accession/Call Number
Archive Files: Pershing School File
Historical Notes
Pershing Elementary School was located at 3009 N. 28th Street in Omaha, Nebraska. This structure was built in 1926 and was the only school in District 61. Pershing became part of the Omaha Public School District in January of 1958, after the city annexed the area. The students chose the name for the school and received a letter from General John J. Pershing thanking them for the honor. This school and Eppley Airfield opened at the same time. The school building was located at the south end of runway 17. From the beginning, planes flew directly over the school on take-off and landing. In the late 1950s, jets were using Eppley, and the noise routinely halted class work. A decade later, an additional runway alleviated all but lighter planes from the flight path over the school, and landing lights were installed on the roof of the school. The Airport Authority eventually purchased many of the houses in the area, along with the school building after it was closed in 1976.
