The Keeline Building is an office and retail building located in
downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Omaha,
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
at 319 South 17th Street. The mixed-use building was completed in 1911 just before construction of the neighboring
Douglas County Courthouse was completed, the seven-story Keeline was designed by locally renowned architect
John Latenser, Sr.
John Latenser Sr. (1858–1936) was an American architect whose influential public works in Omaha, Nebraska, numbered in the dozens. His original name was Johann Laternser.
Many of the buildings Latenser designed, including public and private, ...
The Building was part of a historic redevelopment in 2023 revitalizing the building into premium modern office with its original historic charm. The Keeline is built in the
Georgian Revival
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover— George I, George II, ...
style, said to represent "the prosperous commercial development in Omaha during this period." In 2010 the building was sold to KMC Properties LLC, of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
[Source: Douglas County, Nebraska, Assessor/Register of Deeds]
References
National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska
Office buildings in Omaha, Nebraska
Office buildings completed in 1911
John Latenser Sr. buildings
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
1911 establishments in Nebraska
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