Poppleton Block

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location= Omaha, Nebraska
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 15
lat_seconds = 26.15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 95
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 44.89
long_direction = W
locmapin = Nebraska
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built =1880
architect= Henry Voss
architecture= Italianate
added = October 07, 1982
governing_body = Private
refnum=82000606cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Poppleton Block is located at 1001 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The building was built in 1880 for Omaha lawyer and politician A.J. Poppleton, and was designated an Omaha Landmark on July 13, 1982, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places later that year.

About

Designed by architect Henry Voss in the High Victorian Italianate style, the City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission says it, "exemplifies the type of commercial building constructed in Omaha before the turn-of-the-century." [ [http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/69/Default.htm "Poppleton Block"] , City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2/7/08.]

Poppleton used part of the three-story building to house his law firm but never actually worked there himself. The rest was leased out as office and commercial space. Over the years it continued to be used primarily for commercial purposes, and today it is still utilized as office space. [ [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/tax/douglas.htm "Tax incentive program projects in Douglas County"] , Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2/7/08.] The building includes heavily bracketed cornices and window openings that featuring a combination of round, segmental and stilted segmental arches. There are cast iron storefronts on the building, as well.

ee also

* History of Omaha

References

External links

* [http://necoyote.com///images/historic/PB1.jpgModern photo]