Omaha · Downtown
Residence Inn Omaha Downtown
The 1933 Federal Office Building, dedicated in February 1934 and opened as a hotel in October 2013; guests sleep in the historic tower.
- Built
- 1933Built as the Federal Office Building: the nomination dates construction to 1933, Wikipedia gives 1932–34, and it was dedicated in February 1934. Converted to a hotel, opened October 2013.
- Style
- Art Deco stripped classical
- Architect
- Kimball, Steele & Sandham with George B. Prinz, under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Downtown
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The Treasury’s Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore selected Omaha firms Kimball, Steele & Sandham and George B. Prinz in 1931 to design the building, which rose on the site of the first U.S. Courthouse and Post Office. Its thirteen stories end in an Art Deco ziggurat of setbacks, faced in granite and limestone. Federal agencies occupied it until the Army Corps of Engineers left in July 2008. Developers bought it in December 2011 and a $23 million conversion, keeping the facade and features such as terrazzo floors, opened as a 152-room Residence Inn in October 2013.
Good to know
- Address: 106 South 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.