- St. John's Collegiate Church
- 2500 California Street
- 1887, 1923
- Architect: Patrick J. Creedon, Jacob M.
Nachtigall
- Designated Omaha Landmark: January 6,
1981
Located on the campus of
Creighton University, St. Johns Collegiate Church was dedicated in 1888, just ten
years after the school opened. A center of worship for Omahas most influential and
wealthy Catholics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, St. Johns
Church has played a unique role in Omaha Catholicism by serving as both a collegiate and
parish church. The church was designed in the Gothic revival style by Omaha
architect and builder Patrick Creedon in 1887 and completed by architect Jacob Nachtigall
in 1923.
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