Events

Old home ownership is not for the faint of heart (trust us, we know!), but we're here to help!

We've teamed up with our friends at the Nebraska State Historical Society and Preserve Omaha to bring you a series designed to demystify maintaining and preserving your old home or building. Join us for This Old Castle as we learn from the best experts in town.

In July, we welcome you to join us for an interactive lesson on research tools available for those seeking more information on historic properties. Discover where to go to uncover the history of Omaha’s people and its places. Learn the secrets from two of the best in the biz: Shelley McCafferty and Kristine Gerber.

Shelley will guide us through the City of Omaha's awesome Omaha Heritage Preservation website, including citywide research guides and interactive maps.

Kristine will share her own resources, and even lead a live historic property research exercise of one lucky attendee.

This installment is PENDING for AIA CEUs.

About Shelley McCafferty: Shelley McCafferty serves as the Preservation Administer for the City of Omaha and serves on the Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Having earned a Master of Architecture degree in 1996, she has over 20 years of experience in historic preservation as both a planner and architectural designer.

About Kristine Gerber: Kristine graduated from Kearney State College where her journalism major gave her a love of meeting people and telling their stories. For the past 25 years, Kristine has done just that by uncovering and sharing the history of Omaha and its built environment through publications, events, and advocacy work. Currently Kristine manages Omaha Public Schools Making Invisible Histories Visible program. She spends the summer teaching secondary students and social studies teachers how to research and share Omaha’s diverse history and during the school year writes social studies curriculum incorporating Omaha and Nebraska history into OPS classrooms.