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3817 Dewey Avenue
1912
Architect: Frederick A. Henninger
Italian Renaissance Revival/Prairie Style
Designated Omaha Landmark: September 25, 1979
The West Farnam was the first luxury apartment building to be constructed in Omaha’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Catering to the tastes of the surrounding residents, its design featured an electric elevator, a hand-fired coal furnace, a row of steam-heated garages and a large, flowering garden. According to Ben Sylvester, author of the West Farnam Story, the West Farnam emitted "an aura of elegance that commanded respect from the passerby."
Designed in 1912 by local architect Frederick A. Henninger the West Farnam Apartment building exhibits an ornamental application of Prairie style details on a simple Italian Renaissance revival form.
(This building is also located in a district listed in the National Register of Historic Places.) |
