ORD 29390 - Landmark Designation - West Central-Cathedral LHD ORDINANCE NO 2771 Cf4
1 AN ORDINANCE to designate the West Central Cathedral District, located at North 38th
2 Street, Capitol Avenue to Cummg Street, as a Landmark Heritage District pursuant
3 to the Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance of the City of Omaha
4 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF'THE CITY OF OMAHA
5 Section 1 That the West Central-Cathedral District is located at North 38th Street,
6 Capitol Avenue to Cummg Street, which is legally described as follows
7 Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 11, Block 1, Brennon Place as
8 surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska, thence East along a
9 line 33 feet South of and parallel to the center line of California Street, a
10 distance of 480 feet, thence North along a line 33 feet West of and parallel to
11 the center line of 36th Street, a distance of 1,128 3 feet, thence West along the
12 South right-of-way line of Cummg Street, a distance of 783 5 feet, thence South
13 along a line of 128 feet West of and parallel to the center line of 38th Street, a
14 distance of 384 feet, thence West along a line 33 feet South of and parallel to
15 the center line of Burt Street, a distance of 90 feet, thence South along a line
16 218 feet West of and parallel to the center line of 38th Street, a distance of 160 \�`‘\,
17 feet, thence East, a distance of 15 feet, thence South along a line 203 feet West 111
18 of and parallel to the center line of 38th Street, a distance of 223 feet, thence t k?
19 West a distance of 15 feet, thence South along a line 218 feet West of and t,
20 parallel to the center line of 38th Street, a distance of 389 feet, thence West a
21 distance of 14 feet, thence South along a line 232 feet West of and parallel to G�J
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22 the center line of 38th Street, a distance of 135 feet, thence East a distance of
23 49 feet, thence South along a line 183 feet West of and parallel to the center line
24 of 38th Street, a distance of 195 feet, thence West a distance of 36 2 feet,
25 thence South along a lme 221 2 feet West of and parallel to the center line of
26 38th Street, a distance of 410 34 feet, thence East, a distance of 29 9 feet,
27 thence South along a line 193 feet West of and parallel to the center line of 38th
Z8 Street, a distance of 156 12 feet, thence West, a distance of 88 25 feet, thence
29 South along a line 281 25 feet West of and parallel to the center line of 38th
30 Street, a distance of 255 feet, thence East a distance of 198 25 feet, thence
31 South along a line 83 feet West of and parallel to the center line of 38th Street,
32 a distance of 110 34 feet, thence East, a distance of 116 feet, thence South, a
33 distance of 18 2 feet, thence East along the North right-of-way line of Capitol
34 Avenue, a distance of 319 feet, thence North along a line 30 feet West of and
35 parallel to the center line of 37th Street a distance of 241 feet, thence West, a
36 distance of 54 5 feet, thence North along a line 25 feet West of and parallel to
37 the center line of 37th Street, a distance of 59 feet, thence West, a distance of
38 128 5 feet, thence North along a line 161 5 feet East of and parallel to the
39 center line of 38th Street, a distance of 710 feet, thence East, a distance of 66 5
40 feet, thence North along a line 228 feet East of and parallel to the center line of
41 38th Street, a distance of 135 feet, thence West, a distance of 48 feet, thence
42 North along a line 180 feet East of and parallel to the center line of 38th Street,
43 a distance of 135 feet to the point of beginning
44 Section 2 That for the reasons recited in Landmarks Heritage Preservation
45 Commission Resolution attached hereto as Exhibit I, and made a part hereof as if fully set
46 forth herein the architectural characteristics of the West Central-Cathedral District are
47 hereby deemed significant and worthy of preservation
48 Section 3 That the West Central-Cathedral District is hereby designated pursuant to
49 Section 24-61 of the Omaha Municipal Code, and hereby subject to all of the provisions of
50 Landmark Heritage Preservation, Ch 24, Art IL of the City of Omaha
Ordinance No i-r7 I f yc
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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 THE CITY 0 OMAHA/�A0j
PASSED JAN 20 1981 -C /Q ,� 6 a
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
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RESOLUTION - EXHIBIT I
WEST CENTRAL - CATHEDRAL LANDMARK HERITAGE DISTRICT
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA
WHEREAS, the West Central - Cathedral District developed around the Academy
of the Sacred Heart, opened in 1882, and,
WHEREAS, the West Central - Cathedral District was an extension of Omaha's
Second Gold Coast built after the business and commercial boom of the 1880's, and,
WHEREAS, the West Central - Cathedral District was the home of many of the
City's business and professional leaders after 1900, and,
WHEREAS, structures in the West Central - Cathedral District reflect the changing
architectural fashions from approximately 1900 to 1930, and,
WHEREAS, structures in the West Central - Cathedral District were designed by
some of Omaha's finest architects including John and Alan McDonald, John Latenser,
F A Henninger, and George Prinz, and,
WHEREAS, the West Central - Cathedral District's components -- the vast
majority being residences -- are linked aesthetically by scale, proportion, and siting, and
a variety of architectural styles, both vernacular and "high style", are manifested through-
out the area, creating cohesiveness through a desireable dissimilarity as well as through
similarity, and,
WHEREAS, the West Central - Cathedral District's historical landscape features
aid significantly in the area's retention of its sense of time and place
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE
PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA
THAT, the West Central - Cathedral District, North 38th Street, Capitol
Avenue to Cuming Street, be designated as a Landmark Heritage District of the City
of Omaha
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