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The Livestock Exchange Building in Omaha, Nebraska was built in 1926 at 4920 South 30 Street in South Omaha.[2] It was designed as the centerpiece of the Union Stockyards by architect George Prinz and built by Peter Kiewit and Sons in the Romanesque and Northern Italian Renaissance Revival styles. In 1999 it was designated an Omaha Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] The Union Stockyards were closed in 1999, and the Livestock Exchange Building underwent an extensive renovation over the next several years.
According to the City of Omaha, the Livestock Exchange Building was the largest and most visually prominent building constructed in South Omaha and operated for more than 100 years. Completed for the Union Stockyards Company in May 1926, the Livestock Exchange Building was the most significant structure associated with the Omaha Stockyards, and served as the center of the livestock industry in Omaha.
Once the center of 260 acres (1.1 km²) of livestock pens ,the Livestock Exchange Building housed offices, a bakery, cafeteria, kitchen, soda fountain, cigar stand, telephone and telegraph offices, apartments and sleeping rooms, a clothing store and a convention hall. There are two ballrooms located on the 10th floor, with 22-foot ceilings in an elegant Romanesque and Northern Italian Renaissance Revival style. The North Ballroom has a built-in bar, stage and hardwood floors. The South Ballroom has a balcony, three private boardrooms and a large dance surface.[4] [5] A complex renovation was completed in 2005, and the building today is maintained in its historical dignity.[6]
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- "Sales Day". - Description of selling animals at the Livestock Exchange Building in the 1950s.
- Historic postcard of the original Livestock Exchange Building.
