ORD 29308 - Landmark Designation - Edgar Zabriskie Residence ORDINANCE NO o5 9'J Os/
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Edgar Zabriskie Residence, located at 3524 Hawthorne
Avenue 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 Edgar Zabriskie Residence is located at 3425 Hawthorne Avenue,
which is legally described as follows
The South 113 feet of Lot 4, Block 4, Bemis Park Addition, 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 Edgar Zabriskie Residence are hereby
deemed significant and worthy of preservation
Section 3 That the Edgar Zabriskie Residence is hereby designated pursuant to
Section 24-61 of the Omaha Municipal Code, and hereby subject to all of the provisions of
Landmark Heritage Preservation, Ch 24, Art II 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
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
APPROVED
MAYOR OF THEeMAHA/°S/'U
PASSED DDT 14 'i u
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
RESOLUTION - EXHIBIT I
EDGAR ZABRISKIE RESIDENCE
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF OMAHA
WHEREAS, James M Bechtel is the owner of the Edgar Zabriskie Residence, and,
WHEREAS, the owner, on July 14, 1980, requested that the Edgar Zabriskie Residence
be designated as a Landmark under the City of Omaha's Landmark Heritage Preservation
Ordinance, and,
WHEREAS, the Edgar Zabriskie Residence was designed by the Omaha architectural
firm of Fowler and Beindorff, and,
WHEREAS, the Edgar Zabriskie Residence, constructed in 1889, is a flamboyant
version of the Queen Anne style of architecture, and,
WHEREAS, the Edgar Zabriskie Residence is one of the two best Eastlake-influenced
houses in the city, and,
WHEREAS, the Edgar Zabriskie Residence is historically related to ship officer,
Civil War veteran and Union Pacific general agent Edgar Zabriskie who purchased one of
the first lots in Bemis Park, a new residential suburb planned by George P Bemis in the
late 1880s
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA
THAT, the Edgar Zabriskie Residence, 3524 Hawthorne Avenue, be designated as a
Landmark of the City of Omaha
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