NRHP: Hill Hotel

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Hill Hotel

NRHP Reference #: 88000377

NRHP Listing Date: 19880420

Location

509 S 16th, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

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Summary

Omaha businessmen John W. and Lem H. Hill began construction of the thirteen-story, steel-frame, masonry building in the fall of 1919. Designed by Omaha architects John and Alan McDonald, the Commercial style structure incorporates Colonial Revival decorative details. The hotel is the most important surviving example of the McDonalds' work in commercial construction.

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