Broatch Building

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Broatch Building | image = Broatch Building, Omaha, NE.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Broatch Building | locmapin = Nebraska#USA | location = 1209 Harney Street, Omaha, Nebraska, United States | coordinates = {{coord|41.25621|-95.93243|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | area = | built = {{start date and age|1880}} and<br/>{{start date and age|1887}}<ref name="OMAL list">{{cite web|title= Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission – List of Landmarks|publisher= Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission|url= http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing|accessdate= 2013-03-03|archive-date= October 16, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131016142957/http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing|url-status= dead}}</ref> | architect = Mendelssohn & Lawrie<ref name="OMAL list"/> | architecture = | governing_body = | owner = | designation1 = Omaha Landmark | designation1_offname = | designation1_date = December 20, 1983<ref name="OMAL list"/> | designation1_number = }}

The '''Broatch Building''' is located at 1209 Harney Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1880 with an 1887 expansion, it was designated an Omaha Landmark on December 20, 1983, and is a contributing building to the Old Market Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>

==About== Built by an early Omaha entrepreneur, politician and civic leader named William James Broatch, the building became home to Omaha's first wholesale heavy hardware business in 1874. He also served twice as the mayor of Omaha.

Designed as a three-story building by Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie and built in 1880, the building added a fourth story in 1887. In 1979 the building was completely renovated for the office of Bahr, Vermeer and Haecker, architects.<ref>[http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/80/Default.htm "Broatch Building"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009062803/http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/80/Default.htm |date=2007-10-09 }}, City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 5/10/08.</ref>

In early 2007 a local developer announced plans to renovate the Broatch and a neighboring building into condominiums. The development, called Erin Place, will feature a dozen condos.<ref>Kotok, C.D. "Condo Boom Isn't Over, Developer Says", ''Omaha World-Herald''. February 8, 2007.</ref>

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==External links== * [http://necoyote.com/historic/broatch.html Broatch Building], including modern photos

Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1880 Category:Omaha landmarks Category:History of Downtown Omaha Category:1880 establishments in Nebraska Category:National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska Category:Historic district contributing properties in Nebraska Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska