NRHP: Burlington Headquarters Building
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Burlington Headquarters Building
NRHP Reference #: 74001109
NRHP Listing Date: 19741204
Location
1004 Farnam, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Burlington and Missouri (later the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy) Railroad Headquarters Building in Omaha is a commercial adaptation of the Italianate style. The original three-story brick structure was built in 1879, with a fourth floor added around 1886. The building was remodeled in 1899 by Omaha architect Thomas Rogers Kimball to resemble the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company building in Chicago, recognized as a showplace of the time. The interior displays a unique combination of skylight, cast iron railings, staircases, columns, and ornamental detailing.
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