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16-740: The first formal meeting of the directors was held at the Omaha National Bank on May 1, 1867. In the years following the founding of the company through the mid-1870s a boon period presided in Omaha, bringing the foundation of several businesses important to the city's growth, including the Horse Railway. The city expanded from 12 square miles (31 km) to 24 within 15 years, and the Horse Railway struggled to keep up with it. The company switched from horses to mules and painted their cars yellow in an attempt to strengthen their image. By

32-811: A competitor. The companies merged in 1889. In 1888 the Horse Railway Company took the Cable Tramway Company and the City of Omaha to court on the grounds they violated the Horse Railway's exclusive 50-year franchise allotted to them by the Territorial Legislature. The City of Omaha held a public vote that gave the Cable Tramway the ability to compete, in violation of the Legislature's act. The courts found for

48-555: Is a 12-story, 54.86 m (180.0 ft) high-rise in the Library District of downtown Kansas City , Missouri . The brick and brownstone tower, which was completed in 1890, generally is regarded as Kansas City's first skyscraper and was the first building in the city equipped with elevators. It was commissioned by the New York Life Insurance Company , which also used the same design for

64-603: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1882, came to Kansas City in 1885 initially to oversee the construction of his design but ended up staying until 1901, when he designed other notable buildings. From 1893 until 1895, he was involved in the design and construction of what is today Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral on nearby Quality Hill . Hill also designed Convention Hall . Built in Italianate Renaissance Revival style,

80-859: The Omaha National Bank Building in Omaha that was completed in 1889. Several buildings around the world share its name. A centerpiece of the Library District and Baltimore Avenue Historic District, the building is located amid historic structures such as the Kansas City Club and the Central Library . The building was designed in 1885 by Frederick Elmer Hill of the New York City architecture firm of McKim, Mead & White . Hill, who graduated from

96-431: The Cable Tramway Company, allowing them to share the streets; however, they did order the Cable Tramway Company repay the Horse Railway for losses due to intrusion upon that company's lines. The case was exceptional because the courts ruled that the exclusivity clause granted the rights to the company operating horse railways , not cable cars . This interpretation allowed for competition in a formerly monopolized market, and

112-477: The New York Life Building has a brick and brownstone exterior and an H-shaped footprint with ten-story wings flanking a twelve-story tower. A monumental bald eagle tending eaglets in a nest is perched above the main entry. The work was sculpted by Louis St. Gaudens and contains more than two tons of cast bronze. With an Italian granite atrium floor in the lobby, the building's location marked

128-420: The building in 1972. After being vacated it was slated for demolition. However, the building was rehabilitated in 1978 and converted to office space. Today, the building is called The Omaha Building, and it is home to the law firm Kutak Rock . [REDACTED] Media related to Omaha National Bank Building at Wikimedia Commons New York Life Building (Kansas City, Missouri) The New York Life Building

144-755: The building was purchased by the Kountze Brothers 's Omaha National Bank in 1909. Constructed in 1888–89, the building was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by Frederick Elmer Hill (1857–1929) of the New York City architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White . The firm designed an identical office tower, the New York Life Building in Kansas City, Missouri , and was Omaha's first 10-story structure. Started in 1856, Omaha National Bank's original location

160-603: The first significant movement of the city south from its founding at the River Market along the Missouri River . The imposing structure also marked a dramatic change in the skyline of Kansas City, where the tallest buildings previously had been three or four stories. In 1970, the New York Life Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places . In 1988, however, it was abandoned. In 1996,

176-481: The late 1870s the line had 18 miles (29 km) of track, 10 cars, 70 horses, 20 employees and 495,000 passengers annually. After the company hit hard times in the mid to late 1870s, William W. Marsh purchased a controlling interest in the company from A.J. Hanscom . His purchase was effective January 1, 1879. In 1887 the Omaha Cable Tramway Company was founded, leaving the Horse Railway with

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192-489: Was at 212 South 13th Street. In 1906 they purchased the building from the New York Life Insurance Company and renovated it completely. Omaha pioneer Ezra Millard was the first president of Omaha National Bank. Future Omaha mayor and Nebraska Senator Joseph H. Millard was president of the Omaha National Bank after Millard's departure in 1871. Omaha National Bank merged with another bank and moved out of

208-602: Was broken for the first route from Cuming street south to Cass street, jogging to 18th and then along Capitol Avenue to South 15th. At Farnam it turned east and traveled to 9th to the Union Station , a total distance of about three miles (5 km). A double track was laid on Farnam Street from 10th to 15th, and another from North 20th Street along Cuming to Saunders Street, following that street to Hamilton. Another track went from Cuming Street and 20th to 18th Street, following that street northwards to Kountze Place in what

224-722: Was built in 1888–89 at 1650 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha , Nebraska . Built in the Italian Renaissance style, the building was saved from demolition by a rehabilitation in 1978. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, the building was originally known as the New York Life Insurance Building; it was renamed in 1906. Originally occupied by the New York Life Insurance Company,

240-411: Was credited with changing the economic landscape of American public transportation thereafter. By 1902 the company that was formed became the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company , after the consolidation of several competitors in the previous 20 years. When they incorporated the company the Legislature specified that the road should be built by 1869. After awarding the contract ground

256-509: Was then the extreme northern part of the city. A line ran from Capitol Avenue up North 16th Street to Izard Street, and Izard to 18th where it connected with the line running to Kountze Place. In the south end of Downtown Omaha a track was laid from Farnam Street to 9th Street to Davenport, and from there to 10th to Farnam again. A track was then laid from Farnam down 15th and out Howard and St. Mary's Avenue to Hanscom Park . Omaha National Bank Building The Omaha National Bank Building

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