NRHP: Farm Credit Building

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Farm Credit Building

NRHP Reference #: 11000148

NRHP Listing Date: 20110329

Location

206 S. 19th St., Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

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Summary

Built by the Bankers Reserve Life Company in 1923, and designed by architect F. A. Henninger, this building was strongly associated with the establishment of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) in 1933, an important program in President Roosevelt's Depression-era New Deal. By the late 1920s, the 11-story building was occupied by the 8th District (Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Dakotas) of the Federal Land Bank; however, the establishment of the FCA required increased staffing and the consolidation of several agencies already operating in Omaha. To accommodate this rapid growth, a "twin" addition, also designed by Henninger, was constructed in 1934.

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