Omaha Landmark is an official City of Omaha designation that is granted by the Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Many landmarks are also included on the National Register of Historic Places coordinated by the National Park Service. The following list includes properties throughout Omaha. Residential, commercial, religious, educational, agricultural and socially-significant locations are included.

Contents 1 Landmark preservation in Omaha 1.1 City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission 2 Omaha Landmarks 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Landmark preservation in Omaha

Omaha has sought to preserve its historic landmarks for at least 50 years, the the first city report on historical sites written in 1959,^[1] and the first buildings in the city becoming listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings in the 1960s. The demolition of the Old Post Office in 1966, along with the Old City Hall the next year, were rallying points for preservationists in the city. Omaha developed a comprehensive plan for landmark preservation in 1980.^[2]

Downtown Omaha has had a contentious relationship with its historical landmarks. In 1989, all 24 buildings of the area's "Jobbers Canyon" were demolished, representing the largest single loss of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places to date.^[3][4] Another of its historical landmarks, the Christian Specht Building, is the only existing building with a cast iron facade known in Nebraska today, and one of the few ever built in the state.^[5] The Burlington Train Station, also a downtown historic landmark, sat empty for more than thirty years and was stripped of much of its historical grandeur. In 2006 a group of developers began redeveloping the building, which will also serve as condos.^[6]

In North Omaha, the historic Strehlow Terrace apartments have been renamed "Chambers Court" in honor of locally renowned Nebraska Legislator Ernie Chambers.^[7] Fort Omaha, a Indian War-era supply depot for the United States Army, has been re-purposed as a campus for the Metropolitan Community College.^[8]

In April 2001 the Methodist Health Care System purchased the Indian Hills Theater on West Dodge Street, and within two weeks of their purchase the company announced plans to demolish the building and replace it with a parking lot. Indian Hills was the last drum-shaped, three-projector Cinerama theater in the United States. Despite organizing the Indian Hills Preservation Society, getting letters of support from Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Kirk Douglas, and securing Omaha Landmark status for the building. It was demolished in August 2001.^[9]

[edit] City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission

The first comprehensive preservation ordinance in Nebraska was adopted by the Omaha City Council in 1977.^[10] The commission was created after the demolition of the Old Post Office, when the pro-preservation organization Landmarks, Inc. advocated its creation.^[11]

Patterned after successful legislation in Seattle, New York City and Savannah, Georgia, the "Landmarks Heritage Preservation Ordinance" created the Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. The first comprehensive preservation ordinance in Nebraska, its purpose focuses on:

1. Designating structures and districts of local significance;
2. Regulating work done on designated buildings; and
3. Identifying and implementing overall goals and objectives for preservation in the city.^[12]

The Commission is comprised of nine members, including an architect, a curator, a professional historian, three members active in a preservation-related field, two laypersons and an owner or operator of a business or property within a landmark heritage preservation district.^[13] Commission members are appointed by the Mayor to terms of three years, subject to confirmation by the City Council. The Commission selects its own chairman and rules of procedure. The body generally meets monthly with special meetings held by call of the chairman.^[14] The Nebraska State Historical Society funded the development of the Commission's website, and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for historic properties in 2000.^[15]

As of 2007, more than 90 buildings and structures in Omaha have received Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, and have been listed by the City of Omaha as Certified Historic Rehabs.^[16]

[edit] Omaha Landmarks

All of the following properties have been designed Omaha Landmarks by the City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Commission.^[17]

Place name	Year built	Location
Ackerhurst Dairy Barn	1935	15220 Military Road
Ansonia Apartments	1929	2221-23 Jones Street
Bank of Florence	1856	8502 North 30th Street
John P. Bay House	1887	2024 Binney Street
Beebe and Runyan Furniture Showroom and Warehouse
Bemis Omaha Bag Company Building	1887	NW Corner of 11th and Jones Streets
Bemis Park Landmark Heritage District	1889	Cuming Street on the south to Hawthorne Avenue on the north; Glenwood Avenue on the west to North 33rd Street on the east
Blackstone Hotel	1916	302 South 36th Street
Bradford-Pettis House	1910	404 South 39 Street
Brandeis-Millard House & Carriage House	1904	500 South 38th Street & 3815 Dewey Avenue
Breckenridge-Gordon House	1909	3611 Jackson Street
Broatch Building	1880	1209 Harney Street
Harry Buford House	1929	1804 North 30th Street
Burlington Headquarters Building	1879	1004 Farnam Street
Cabanne Archeological Site	1822	Located on the Missouri River between Omaha and Fort Calhoun (undisclosed location)
Calvin Memorial Presbyterian Church	1910	3105 North 24th Street
Center School (Omaha, Nebraska)	1893	1730 South 11th Street
Charles D. McLaughlin House
Christian Specht Building	1888	1110 Douglas Street
Charles Storz House	1909	1901 Wirt Street]
Clarinda & Page Apartments	1909	3027 Farnam Street, 305-11 Turner Boulevard
Columbian School	1892	3819 Jones Street
Dietz Memorial United Methodist Church	1888	1423 South 10th Street
Drake Court Historic District	1916	Jones Street on the south to St. Marys Avenue on the north; from South 20th Street on the east to South 23rd Street on the west
Eggerss - O'Flyng Building	1902	801 South 15th Street
Epeneter House	1905	502 North 40th Street
First National Bank Building
First Unitarian Church of Omaha	1917	3114 Harney Street
Florentine Apartments	1911	907 South 25th Street
Fort Omaha Guardhouse	1883	Intersection of North 30th and Ellison Avenue
Gallagher Building	1888	1902-06 South 13th Street
Garneau-Kilpatrick House	1890	3100 Chicago Street
George F. Shepard House	1903	1802 Wirt Street
George H. Kelly House	1904	1924 Binney Street
Georgia Apartments	1890	1040 South 29th Street
Goodrich Building	1900	1415 Farnam Street
Gottlieb Storz House
Grossman Apartment	1904	102-108 South 36th Street
Havens-Page House	1900	101 North 39th Street
Hicks House	1892	3017 Pacific Street
Hicks Terrace	1890	3005-3011 Pacific Street, 1102 South 30th Avenue
Hill Hotel	1919	505 South 16th Street
Holy Family Church	1883	915 North 18th Street
Horbach Building	1894	1205-1207 Harney Street
Jewell Building	1923	2221 North 24th Street
Joslyn Castle	1903	3902 Davenport Street
Keirle House	1905	3017 Mormon Street
Kennedy Building	1910	1517 Jackson Street
Kimball House
Kuncl-Hruska House
Livestock Exchange Building
Lizzie Robinson House	1910	2864 Corby Street
Malcolm X Birthsite	1925	3448 Pinkney Street
Mary Rogers Kimball House
Mason School
Mason Terrace & Van Closter Residence
McLaughlin House
Medlar Building
Megeath House
Melrose Apartments	1916	602 North 33rd Street
Pioneer-Mormon Cemetery	1846	3301 State Street
Nash Block	1907	902 Farnam Street
Neble House
Normandie Apartments
Notre Dame Academy and Convent
Old Market and Wholesale District	1880	Harney Street on the north to Jackson Street on the south; South 10th Street on the east to South 13th Street on the west
Omaha Bolt, Nut and Screw Building
Omaha Public Library (building)	1891	1823 Harney Street
Orpheum Theater	1927	409 South 16th Street
Packer’s National Bank Building
Park School
Parlin, Orendorff and Martin Plow Company Building
Poppleton Block
Porter House
Prospect Hill Cemetery	1979	3202 Parker Street
Redick Tower
Reed House
Riviera Theatre
Robbins School
Robinson Memorial Church of God in Christ
Rosewater School
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Complex	1902	2206 Binney Street
Saint Joseph Parish Complex
St. Cecilia's Cathedral	1905	701 North 40th Street
St. John's A.M.E. Church	1867	2402 North 22nd Street
St. John's Collegiate Church
St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church
St. Philomena's Cathedral and Rectory
Sanford Hotel
Slater House
Springwell Danish Cemetery	1889	6326 Hartman Avenue
Steiner Rowhouses
The Melrose	1916	602 North 33rd Street
The Sherman	1897	2501 North 16th Street
Thomas Kilpatrick House	1890
Trans-Mississippi Exposition Site	1898	1920 Pinkney Street
Union State Bank Building
Union Station	1931
Vinton School	1907	2120 Deer Park Boulevard
Wattles House
West Central-Cathedral Landmark District		North 38th Street between Capitol Avenue on the south and Cuming Street on the north
West Farnam Apartments
Zabriskie House

[edit] See also

• History of Omaha
• Landmarks in North Omaha
• Founding figures
• List of Registered Historic Places in Douglas County

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Omaha Landmarks website, including listings for every Omaha Landmark.
• Landmarks, Inc. website.
• Omaha By Design website.
• Restore Omaha Conference, Exhibition & Tour website.
• Collection of photos of Omaha's landmarks.
• National Register properties in Douglas County. Nebraska State Historical Society.
• State of Nebraska Historic Preservation Office.

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