ORD 30205 - Landmark Designation - Broatch Building ORDINANCE NO. ?O,TO&
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Broatch Building, located at 1209 Harney 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 1. That the Broatch Building is located at 1209 Harney Street, which is on
the following described land,to wit.
The East 33 feet of the West 44 feet of Lot 2, Block 150, Original 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 Broatch Building are hereby deemed
significant and worthy of preservation.
Section 3. That the Broatch Building 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.
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RESOLUTION-EXHIBIT 1
BROATCH BUILDING
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA ;
WHEREAS , the Atelier Partners are owners of the Broatch Building
and,
WHEREAS , George Haecker, representing the Atelier Partners on
September 8, 1983 , requested that the Broatch Building be designated
a Landmark under the City of Omaha ' s Landmark Heritage Preservation
Ordinance ; and,
WHEREAS , the Broatch Building was originally constructed as a
three story structure in 1880 and was expanded to four stories in
1887 by the prominent Omaha architectural firm of Mendelsohn and
Lawrie ; and,
WHEREAS , the Broatch Building was built by William James Broatch ,
an early Omaha entrepeneur, politician and civic leader who establish-
ed the City ' s first whole sale heavy hardware business in 1874 and
twice served as mayor of Omaha ; and,
WHEREAS , the Broatch Building is historically related to the
development of the "Old Market" , an area significant to the commercial
development of Omaha as the 1880 ' s wholesale jobbing district that
served as a distribution center for goods shipped on the Union Pacific
Railroad from here to the west coast ; and,
WHEREAS , the Broatch Building is representative of an early
phase of warehouse development, both structurally and aesthetically ;
and,
WHEREAS , the Broatch Building is located within the "Old Market "
National Register Historic District ; 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 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT, the Broatch Building , 1209- 1211 Harney Street, be designated
as a ;Landmark of the City of Omaha.
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