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ORD 29439 - Landmark Designation - Mason Terrance and Van Closter Residence ORDINANCE NO --2 g Illy AN ORDINANCE to designate the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence, located at 2911-2921 Mason Street and 1001 Park 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 Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence is located at 2911- 2921 Mason Street and 1001 Park Avenue,which is legally described as follows The West 110 feet of Lot 20 and the East 30 feet of Lot 20,all in Rees Place, 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 Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence are hereby deemed significant and worthy of preservation Section 3 That the Mason Terrace and Van Closter 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 COUNCILME�MBER a____O I j APPROVED life, MAY R OF THE Y OF OMAHA D TE PASSED MAR 17 lntll 6—2' ATTESTTT� , �y — �/ '�y 1it,4'e.Cf CITY CLE K OF THE/ ITY F OM A (// APPROVED AS TO FORM MO Y K/8 6b RESOLUTION - EXHIBIT I MASON TERRACE & VAN CLOSTER RESIDENCE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA WHEREAS, Douglas E Hiner is the owner of the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence, and, WHEREAS, this owner, on October 18, 1980, requested that the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence be designated a Landmark under the City of Omaha's Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance, and, WHEREAS, the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence were constructed in 1889 and 1890 respectively, and, WHEREAS, the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence were designed by the Omaha architectural firm of Findley and Shields, and, WHEREAS, the Mason Terrace exhibits characteristics of the Queen Anne style of architecture, and the Von Closter Residence, vernacular Romanesque Revival, and, WHEREAS, the Mason Terrace is representative of structures specifically erected for useas multi-family dwellings in Omaha during the late 1880's, and, WHEREAS, the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence are representative of the commercial residential construction in Omaha during the late 1880's when elaborate trolley networks opened many new areas to development and structures were quickly erected by real estate investors along major routes, and, WHEREAS, the Mason Terrace and Van Closter Residence are historically related to J Herbert Van Closter, president of the Nebraska Mortgage Loan Company from 1889 to 1894, who was at the center of this development activity in the Hanscom Park and Park Avenue neighborhoods NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA THAT, the Mason Terrace, 2915-2921 Mason Street and 1001 Park Avenue, and Van Closter Residence, 2911 Mason Street, be designated as a Landmark of the City of Omaha E , - re. ƒ r |c4 2 cAl L , ! t- / 0 \ 3 I h ¢ 0 2 0 m Q r ' rati2o > 5 o, § R - / ƒ & i2 2 V ( i \ iiak o 0 . i 0 -2 , § 2 § IA 4 A s ` f _ ~ at } / � � / , g" \ / \ $ 1 � \ ) � � � � � \ % � E § QR o , 7 i - E ) ? E -2@ & zi � E # ) k I ( > a / "' ƒ ( \ , / k0 § 4 ` � � / \ $ - - - -r / § \ - 1 e Y I > f � s„ y V W G•i W V H 1114131 SS ¢$0 9© a4o $ a s4E9,sa 2;14125 ! a O %iRggitooriyagal f S r4V W Pr8 la a nit H�WW�° -