Wattles House

Wattles House

The Wattles House is located at 320 South 37th Street in the Midtown area of Omaha, Nebraska. Designed by renowned Omaha architect Thomas Kimball in the Chateauesque style, the house was built in 1895. [ [http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/transmiss/buildings/kim.html Thomas Kimball] , Omaha Public Library. Retrieved 2/12/08.] It was designated an Omaha Landmark on April 11, 1995, it is part of the Gold Coast Historic District, which was listed as on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Gurdon Wattles was a noted Omaha business leader who was the organizer of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha. The Wattles House was designed by Thomas Kimball, who was architect-in-chief for the Exposition. The Wattles house is one of the few examples of the Chateauesque style in Omaha. The house now contains several apartments and its outlying carriage house has been made into two apartments. [ [http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/122/Default.htm "Gurdon Wattles House",] City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 12/1/07.]

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* " [http://www.hollywoodheritage.org/news/HHI_Newsletter_09-06.pdf Hollywood Heritage] " newsletter, including a historic photo on page 10.


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