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Property Name	The Ottawa Block
Reference Number	13000197
State	Nebraska
County	Douglas
Town	Omaha
Street Address	2401 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE
Multiple Property Submission Name	N/A
Status	Listed 04/22/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000197.pdf

The Ottawa Block is locally significant from 1916 to 1948 under Criterion A in the area of commerce for its association with the Phelan & Shirley Company, a railroad contracting business, whose contributions largely impacted the growing development of Omaha and the Midwest. Built in a Prairie School style by local architects , John & Alan McDonald, the construction of the Ottawa Block was a symbol of the Phelan & Shirley Company's' success.

 

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