Lizzie Robinson House facts for kids
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Lizzie Robinson House
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Lizzie Robinson House, seen from the southeast
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 Location in Nebraska
Location in the United States
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| Location | Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Built | 1910 |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000058 |
Quick facts for kids Significant dates |
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| Added to NRHP | February 25, 1993 |
The Lizzie Robinson House is a special building located at 2864 Corby Street in North Omaha, Nebraska. It's important because it was the very first place where the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) started in Nebraska. This church is a type of Christian group called Pentecostal.
The Church of God in Christ began in the late 1800s in Lexington, Mississippi. It was started by Charles Price Jones and Charles Harrison Mason. Charles Harrison Mason led the church for many years.
At first, most COGIC members and churches were in the southern states. But during the Great Migration in the early 1900s, many African Americans moved to northern cities. They started new COGIC churches all over the country, including in Omaha.
The Lizzie Robinson House was built in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1993. Before that, it was named an Omaha landmark on June 9, 1992.
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The Robinsons and Their Church
Founding the First Church in Nebraska
Edward and Lizzie Robinson were the people who started the first Church of God in Christ in Nebraska. They moved to Omaha in 1916 from the southern United States. The Robinsons lived in this house with their daughter, Ida Baker, from 1916 until 1924.
Lizzie Robinson's Important Role
Lizzie Robinson played a very important part in the church. She helped organize the women's ministry for the Church of God in Christ. This church is now the largest African-American Pentecostal group in the world. Her work helped many women in the church community.
See Also
- History of North Omaha, Nebraska
- History of Nebraska
- List of churches in Omaha, Nebraska
- Church of God in Christ
