Old Gold Coast

One of the fine homes demolished in the Old Gold Coast neighborhood is the Charles Kountze Mansion at 1234 South 10th Street, which was removed to make room for modern apartments in 2014.

Several other notable buildings were affiliated with Bishop George Worthington, a wealthy and influential Episcopalian leader among Omaha pioneers.

The Brownell Hall, which was an Episcopalian boarding school for girls, used to be located across the street from St. Matthias Episcopal Church, which served as its chapel.

After being founded in the Kountze Place neighborhood, Presbyterian Hospital was located in the former Bishop Worthington Residence from 1898 through the 1930s, and closed permanently after that.

Grace University moved to the area in 1948 and slowly re-amassed the land once included in Kountze's Forest Hill estate.

Around that time, an influx of Italian immigrants moved into the area and earned the neighborhood a place in Omaha's Little Italy.

Since 2010, there has also been determined gentrification of the neighborhood, with many old homes demolished to make room for large, modern apartments and condominiums.