ORD 30700 - Landmark Designation - Center School ORDINANCE NO. 30')at co
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Center School, located at 1730 South Ilth 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 Center School is located at 1730 South IIth Street, which is on
the following described land, to wit:
Tax Lot 49, in Section 27, Township 15 North, Range 13 East of the 6th P.M., in
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 Center School are hereby deemed
significant and worthy of preservation.
Section 3. That the "Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and
Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings",as may be from time to time amended, are
hereby adopted as the design standards to be applied in the enforcement of this Ordinance
and Chapter 24, Article 11 of the Omaha Municipal Code.
Section 4. That the Center School 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.U.of the City of Omaha.
Section 5. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and take effect fifteen (15) days
from and after the date of its passage.
INTR DUCED BY COU MBER
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APPROVED:
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF M A DA a S
PASSED JUN 18 1985 e -c
ATTEST:
C O THE I OF A
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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RESOLUTIQ'T-EXHIBIT 1
CENTER SCHOOL
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRFSERVATIIN COMMISSION OF TIME CITY OF CMAHA:
WHEREAS, Eugene J. Liu and Laurence R. Wagner are the owners of the Center
School, and,
WHEREAS, These owners, on January 15, 1985, requested that Center School
be designated as a Landmark under the City of Omaha's Landmarks Heritage Preber-
vat ion Commission; and,
WHEREAS, Center School, now commonly known as Lincoln School, was built in
1893, and,
WHEREAS, Center School was designed by prominent Omaha architect John
Latenser, Sr. , who designed 35 schools during his prolific career; and,
WHEREAS, Center School is a good example of the Richardsonian Romanesque
style of architecture popular in the late 1880's and early 1890's; and,
WHEREAS, Center School is one of only a very few major Richardsonian Romanesque
style buildings that remain in Omaha, and,
WHEREAS, Center School is one of only three extant schools designed by
Latenser in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, a style that is generally not
associated with Latenser, and,
WHEREAS, this case application and supporting data are attached hereto as
exhibits, and incorporated herein by this reference.
NOW, THEREYORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CMAHA•
THAT, Center School, 1730 South 11th Street, be designated as a Landmark
of the City of Omaha.
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