ORD 30605 - Landmark Designation - Sherman Apartments H 1-84-6
ORDINANCE NO. 3 0 605
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Sherman Apartments, located at 2501 North 16th 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 Sherman Apartments is located at 2501 North 16th Street, which
is on the following described land, to wit:
All of Lots 28, 29, 30 and 31, Washington Square Addition, 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 Sherman Apartments 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 Sherman Apartments 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 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
THE SHERMAN APARTMENTS
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, Mrs. K.R.M. Turner is the owner of the Sherman Apartments building; and,
WHEREAS, The owner, on July 7, 1984 requested that the Sherman Apartments building
be designated as a Landmark under the City of Omaha's Landmarks Heritage Preserva-
tion Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, The Sherman apartment building was built in 1897 for the Eastern Realty
Company; and,
WHEREAS, George H. Payne, developer of the Sherman, was one of the eleven board
of directors of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898 and is
locally and nationally known for his investment and developmental activities; and,
WHEREAS, The Sherman derives its name from Sherman Avenue, the former name of
North 16th Street; and,
WHEREAS, The Sherman is significant to Omaha as a fine example of the Neo-Classical
Revival style of architecture, taking formal inspiration from the 1893 World's
Columbian Exposition of Chicago and the approaching Trans-Mississippi Exposition
of 1898; and,
WHEREAS, The Sherman was one of the first three apartment buildings built in Omaha
and is the oldest remaining apartment building in Omaha; and,
WHEREAS, this case application and supporting data are attached hereto as exhibits,
and incorporated herein by this reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE I.T RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT, The Sherman Apartment building, 2501 North 16th Street be designated as a
Landmark. of the City of Omaha.
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