The John P. Bay House is located at 2024 Binney Street in the Kountze Place

Kountze Place

The Kountze Place neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska is a historically significant community on the city's north end. Today the neighborhood is home to several buildings and homes listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located between North 16th Avenue on the east to North 30th...

 neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

. Built in 1887 by George L. Fisher, the house was designed in the Queen Anne Style. It was designated an Omaha Landmark by the City of Omaha in 1981.

History

The house's first owner, John P. Bay, was a co-founder and owner of an ice company that supplied to the railroads, breweries and packing houses of the Midwest. Later the house was owned by Thomas A. Fry, one of the original organizers of Ak-Sar-Ben

Ak-Sar-Ben

Ak-Sar-Ben, or Aksarben, was an indoor arena and horse racing complex in Omaha, Nebraska. Built to fund the civic and philanthropic activities of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, the thoroughbred race track was built in 1920 and the Coliseum was built in 1929...

 in 1895.

See also

• Architecture in North Omaha, Nebraska
• History of North Omaha
• Landmarks in Omaha