ORD 30604 - Landmark Designation - Conant Hotel •
H1-84-15
ORDINANCE NO. 3O60
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Conant Hotel, located at 1913 Farnam 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 Conant Hotel is located at 1913 Farnam Street, which is on the
following described land, to wit:
All of Lot 11, Block 143 and All of Lots 8 & 9, excepting the West 56.75 feet,
Block 249112, Original City of Omaha Lots, 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 Conant Hotel 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 II of the Omaha Municipal Code.
Section 4. That the Conant Hotel is hereby designated pursuant to Section 24-61 of
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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 5. 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
SANFORD HOTEL
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, the Sideris-Panos Realty Company is the owner of the Sanford Hotel;
and,
WHEREAS, Gus Sideris, representative of the Sideris-Panos Realty Company, on
November 29, 1984, requested that the Sanford Hotel be designated a Landmark
under the City of Omaha's Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the Sanford Hotel, presently known as the Conant Hotel, was built
in 1916-17; and,
WHEREAS, the Conant Hotel was designed by the prominent Omaha architect John
Latenser; and,
WHEREAS, the Sanford Hotel exhibits a local adaption of Chicago architect
Louis Sullivan's method of giving unity to a multi-story building by dividing the
facade into the tripartite scheme of base, shaft and capital; and,
WHEREAS, the Sanford Hotel was financed and built by Dr. Harold Gifford; and,
WHEREAS, Dr. Harold Gifford was internationally known as a pioneer in opthamology;
and,
WHEREAS, Dr. Gifford was known locally as a prominent philanthropist - giving
much of the land for Fontenelle Forest - and as a founder of Methodist Hospital
and the Omaha Medical College; and,
WHEREAS, the Sanford is one of two early twentieth century high-rise hotels, still
functioning as hotels in Omaha; 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 Sanford Hotel, 1913 Farnam Street, be designated as a Landmark
of the City of Omaha.
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