West Farnam Apartments

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = West Farnam Apartments

| partof = Gold Coast Historic District

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Omaha Landmark

| designated_other1_date = September 25, 1979{{cite web|title=Omaha Landmarks|publisher=Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission|url=http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing|accessdate=2013-03-05}}

| designated_other1_number =

| image = West Farnam Apartments Omaha.JPG

| caption =

| location = 3817 Dewey Avenue Omaha, Nebraska

| locmapin = Nebraska#USA

| area =

| built = 1912

| architect = Frederick A. Henninger

| architecture = Renaissance Revival

| added = March 14, 1997

| partof_refnum = 97000237{{NRISref|2007a}}

}}

The West Farnam Apartments are located at 3817 Dewey Avenue in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. The building was reportedly the first luxury apartment building constructed in Omaha.Mead & Hunt, Inc. (2003) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061116013347/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/reports/omaha_central.pdf Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Neighborhoods in Central Omaha]}}. Nebraska State Historical Society. p 13. Retrieved 1/11/09.

Architecture

Built in 1912 from a design by locally renowned architect Frederick A. Henninger, the apartments were designated an Omaha Landmark on September 25, 1979. A contributing property to Omaha's Gold Coast neighborhood, the West Farnam was designed with many luxuries in a combined Italian Renaissance Revival and Prairie Style. The building originally featured an electric elevator, a hand-fired coal furnace, a row of steam-heated garages and a large flower garden.[http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing/west-farnam-apartments "West Farnam Apartments"], City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 1/11/09.

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