ORD 29036 - Landmark Designation - Joseph Garneau Jr Residence ORDINANCE NO. O72036
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence, located at 3100 Chicago
'I' Street as a Landmark pursuant to the Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance of
the City of Omaha.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
Section 1. That the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence is located at 3100 Chicago Street,
which is legally described as follows:
The East 35 feet of Lot 27 and all of Lot 28, Hillside Reserve, Douglas County,
Nebraska.
Section 2. That for the reasons recited in Landmarks Heritage Preservation
Commission Resolution attached hereto as Exhibit I, and made a part hereof as if fully set
forth herein, the architectural characteristics of the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence are
hereby deemed significant and worthy of preservation.
Section 3. That the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence is hereby designated pursuant to
Section 4.16.080 of the Omaha Municipal Code, and hereby subject to all of the provisions of
the Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance of the City of Omaha.
Section 4. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and take effect fifteen (15) days
from and after the date of its passage.
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PASSED JAN 22 1980
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RE SOLU-I ICN - EXHIBIT I
JOSEPH GARNEAU, JR. RESIDENCE
LANDMARKS II[ RITAGE PRISERVAIION COMMISSION
RESC LV[ D BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
OMAHA•
WHEREAS, Philipp J. Joerz, Beverly Joerz and Elenor Martin are the owners of the Joseph
Garneau, Jr. Residence; and
WHEREAS, these owners on July 5, 1979, requested that the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence
be designated a Landmark under the City of Omaha's Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance;
and
WHEREAS, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence and carriage house were constructed in 1890
on a portion of the Touzalin & Yates Reserve; and
WHEREAS, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence reveals through a minimal number of elements
the medieval and picturesque qualities of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture; and
WHEREAS, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence represents a unique local application of this
Victorian style to a single-family unit, and
WHEREAS, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence is historically related to the Garneau Cracker
Company which became one of the largest operations of its kind in the West during the 1880's;
and
WHEREAS, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence is historically related to prominent Omaha
merchant Thomas Kilpatrick who resided there until his death in 1916; and
WHEREAS, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence represents the only extant residence
of Thomas Kilpatrick.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT, the Joseph Garneau, Jr. Residence and carriage house, 3100 Chicago Street, be
designated as a Landmark of the City of Omaha.
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