# Broatch Building

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{{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](/source/Omaha%2C_Nebraska), [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska), [United States](/source/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](/source/Mendelssohn_%26_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](/source/Downtown_Omaha) [Omaha](/source/Omaha), [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska). Built in 1880 with an 1887 expansion, it was designated an [Omaha Landmark](/source/Omaha_Landmark) on December 20, 1983, and is a contributing building to the [Old Market Historic District](/source/Old_Market_(Omaha%2C_Nebraska)), which was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/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](/source/William_J._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](/source/Mendelssohn%2C_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](/source/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 [condominium](/source/Condominium_(living_space))s. The development, called Erin Place, will feature a dozen condos.<ref>Kotok, C.D. "Condo Boom Isn't Over, Developer Says", ''[Omaha World-Herald](/source/Omaha_World-Herald)''. February 8, 2007.</ref>

==References==
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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

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