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Our Story...
In 1898 the Club was founded as the Omaha
Cricket Association. In the spring of 1901 the club
house was constructed along with a nine-hole golf
course and a cricket field. Later the next year the
course was expanded along with the addition of
bowling alleys at the club house, tennis courts, and
the cricket field was replaced by a baseball diamond
complete with a grandstand.
complete with a grandstand.
The original clubhouse, designed by Lawrie and
George Fischer, was a rambling, shingle-style,
dormer-roofed building with an open veranda on the Finally, in 1953 the name was once more and
south side and an inviting north entry with a large finally changed to The Field Club of Omaha.
The various remodeling projects & renovations,
porch. The bowling alleys later became the lady’s The various remodeling projects & renovations,
locker room. The famous white, west-facing balcony several structural problems, and the 1944 fire,
and columns were added in 1926. left the former clubhouse in an incoherent and
disorganized state. It was decided through a
As the years passed, the Club continued to grow, hotly contested vote that the original clubhouse
As the years passed, the Club continued to grow,
develop, and settle into the role as on the of the would be razed and replaced. In 1993
area’s finest! In 1941 the Club hosted the 45th construction started just north of the original
National Amateur Golf Tournament. structure.
structure.
On February 3, 1994, as construction had
reached the swing room, the original 1898
building, with its famous west facing white
columns and balcony was demolished. The
current club house was then completed and
opened in the spring of 1994. The new
clubhouse featured a shingle style design that
closely resembled that of the original 1898
closely resembled that of the original 1898
building before the fire and many renovations.
