ORD 29964 - Landmark Designation - Buford House ORDINANCE NO. ,29 / 7
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Buford House, located at 1804 North 30th 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 I. That the Buford House is located at 1804 North 30th Street, which is on
the following described land, to wit:
Lot 15 and the west 34 feet of Lot 16, Block 3, Reeds Third Addition to the City
of Omaha, 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 Buford House are hereby deemed
significant and worthy of preservation.
Section 3. That the Buford House 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 (l5) days
from and after the date of its passage.
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RESOLUTION-EXHIBIT 1
BUFORD HOUSE
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS , James T. and Bertha W. Calloway are the owners
of the Buford House ; and,
WHEREAS , these owners on June 14 , 1982, requested that
the Buford House be designated a Landmark under the City of
Omaha' s Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance ; and,
WHEREAS , the Buford House was the residence of Harry
Buford, a well-to-do member of the black community, and
apparently associated with the political organization of
city boss Tom Dennison; and,
WHEREAS , the location of the Buford House on the west
side of 30th Street indicated the status of the Buford family
in Omaha during a time of racial segregation ; and,
WHEREAS , the Buford House was built in 1929 ; and,
WHEREAS , the Buford House is representative of the Period
Revival style of architecture, a style popular in America
during the first forty years of the twentieth century; and,
WHEREAS , the Buford House is a rare example of Period
Revival architecture in North Omaha, as the great majority
of houses of that style were being constructed in the then new
suburban neighborhoods of Country Club, Minnie Lusa and
Twinridge-Morton Meadows ; and,
WHEREAS , this case application and supporting data are
attached hereto as exhibits , and incorporated herein by this
reference .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE
PRESERVATION COMM/BRION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA :
THAT, the Buford House , 1804 North 30th Street, be
designated as a Landmark of the City of Omaha.
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