Omaha community members, historians, preservationists, and supporters worked to save it.

The campaign produced another historical reversal.

A woman who had struggled to raise money for the hospital in the early twentieth century inspired another fundraising effort a century later.

The goal was no longer simply to preserve an empty artifact.

Supporters wanted the building to live again.

Recent restoration efforts have transformed the site into the Dr.

Susan La Flesche Picotte Center.

The project has been designed as both a place of history and a place of community service.

That combination fits Susan better than a static museum would.

Her original building was not created so visitors could admire architecture.