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ORD 29440 - Landmark Designation - Dr Elmer R Porter Residence ORDINANCE NO ps 9-9it'd AN ORDINANCE to designate the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence, located at 3426 Lincoln Boulevard 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 Dr Elmer R Porter Residence is located at 3426 Lincoln Boulevard, which is legally described as follows Lots 29 and 30, Block 10, Bemis Park, an addition to the City of Omaha, as surveyed, platted and recorded in 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 Dr Elmer R Porter Residence are hereby deemed significant and worthy of preservation Section 3 That the Dr Elmer R Porter 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 MAY R O HE Y OF OMAHADATE�/ PASSED ! rat? 19BI C —0 ATTEST CITY CLE O THE CI APPROVED AS TO FORM K/8 6 I P , RESOLUTION - EXHIBIT I DR ELMER R PORTER RESIDENCE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA WHEREAS, Allen R and Eileen L Quinn are the owners of the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence, and, WHEREAS, this owner, on August 8, 1980, requested that the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence be designated a landmark under the City of Omaha's Landmark Heritage Preserva- tion Ordinance, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence was constructed in 1902, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence was designed by prominent Omaha architect Frederick A Henninger, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence presents an orderly Classic Revival exterior package and a sophisticated Colonial Revival interior, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence represents a transitional period in midwestern residential architecture, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence contains murals by German-born artist Gustaf Fuchs, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence represents the upper middle class neighborhood developing around Bemis Park after 1900, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence is historically related to Dr Elmer R Porter who reportedly had the largest medical practice in Omaha during the early 1900s, and, WHEREAS, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence is historically related to Judge Arthur C Thompson who resided in the structure for almost years NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA THAT, the Dr Elmer R Porter Residence, 3426 Lincoln Boulevard, be designated as a Landmark of the City of Omaha n c iV M w� _0 i as C W c m c7 L. Ca CA. , . V 0 \ O i \ � _ 1\ o m —i z > �" I z 3 p . z Z in m 0 • ' 1 zo Z 4-0 az a en x7 �i xi m 4 m m a c �y Z Q A 0 y OU "^ Za °� D m 4m 14 I-. apz, ° tZ co CI S 3 n m F+ m tV 51 ; 2 A ° A dt a (Ai acob .. 1 ` 0o a. m c� \v m R' Q etc Z 1 isp c m 0 0 .y. N Q p 'm C� Y A co m [d Y x r r r2 Y 3 3 m I m o3 r • , g"" \£. % . k ) )!) §\ %!4 w) / §/ r.1 \ �"Olio § / § ) . Eh© / !� C!]!; §_ _ 2t! ®§�� ® p m~ C §r 7 V I a ! ! rn n thick, \/ ^-48 k 243 SN 2 | ; 11 r t) _ a! !!\ /