Grand Central Hotel (Omaha, Nebraska)

Grand Central Hotel
Grand Central Hotel, Omaha, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.png
General information
Town or city Omaha, Nebraska
Country United States
Construction started 1873
Completed 1873
Demolished 1878

The Grand Central Hotel, was an early establishment formerly located at 14th and Farnam Streets in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The Grand Central was built as Omaha's premier lodging after the Herndon House became the Union Pacific Headquarters.[1]

When it opened in 1873 advertisements claimed the Grand Central to be "the largest and best hotel between Chicago and San Francisco." Five firefighters died battling the fire that destroyed the hotel in on September 4 and 5, 1878. The Grand Central Hotel catastrophe proved to be the impetus that moved Omaha’s fire department from volunteer to professional status.[2]

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  1. ^ Becker, H.W. (1978) "History in Photos – Candlelit Fire Fatal to Five," Omaha Sun Newspapers. 10 August.
  2. ^ Larsen, Cotrell, Dahlman and Dahlman. (2007) Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs. University of Nebraska Press. p 53.