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Barker Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Barker Building

Also known as DO09:0123-078

On the National Register since 200818 years
Late Gothic RevivalListed 2008Omaha
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About Barker Building

Barker Building, at 306 S 15th St, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 2, 2008. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Late Gothic Revival, as it does for 12 other Nebraska listings. 18 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isOmaha, Nebraska, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 31 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

306 S 15th St, Omaha · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Barker BuildingStart here
  2. 2Redick TowerArt Deco · Built 1930 · next door
  3. 3City National Bank Building and Creighton Orpheum TheaterThree-part Vertical Block · next door
  4. 4Rose Realty-Securities BuildingSullivanesque · Built 1916 · next door
  5. 5First National Bank BuildingLate Renaissance Revival · next door
Around it

46 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BScott-Omaha Tent and Awning CompanyBuilding0.1 miBHill HotelCommercial0.1 miBKeeline BuildingCommercial0.1 miBFarnam BuildingSullivanesque0.1 miBOmaha National Bank BuildingItalianate · Built 18560.1 miBMeyer and RaapkeBuilding0.1 miBKennedy BuildingCommercial0.2 miBStandard Oil BuildingCommercial Style0.2 miBFlatiron HotelGeorgian Revival0.2 miBAquila Court BuildingRenaissance · Built 19230.2 miBOmaha Public LibrarySecond Renaissance Revival · Built 18910.2 miDOld Market Historic DistrictRichardsonian0.2 miBDouglas County Courthouse (Additional Documentation)French Renaissance Revival0.2 miBFirst National CenterBuilding0.2 miBEggerss-O'Flyng BuildingRenaissance0.3 miBSwartz Printing Company BuildingCommercial · Built 19100.3 miBAnheuser-Busch Beer DepotVictorian Romanesque0.3 miBBemis Omaha Bag Company BuildingCommercial0.3 mi
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BOmaha Bolt, Nut and Screw BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque0.3 miBNebraska Buick Auto CompanyBuilding0.3 miBAstro TheaterMoorish0.3 miBPoppleton BlockCommercial Italianate0.3 miBSanford HotelCommercial0.3 miBBurlington Headquarters BuildingBuilding0.3 miBUnion State Bank BuildingBuilding0.3 miBChristian Specht BuildingRenaissance Revival0.3 miBNorthwestern Bell Telephone Company Regional HeadquartersModern0.3 miBThe LoganCommercial · Built 19180.3 miBTrinity CathedralLate Gothic Revival0.3 miBFederal Office BuildingModern Movement · Built 19340.3 miBSteiner Rowhouse No. 1Rowhouse0.4 miBThe Berkeley ApartmentsVernacular0.4 miDOmaha Rail and Commerce Historic DistrictItalianate0.4 miBSteiner Rowhouse No. 2Rowhouse0.4 miBNash BlockRenaissance Revival0.4 miBScottish Rite CathedralNeo-Classical Revival0.4 miBSimon Brothers CompanyCommercial Style0.4 miBFarm Credit BuildingChicago0.4 miDDrake Court Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)District0.5 miDDrake Court Apartments and the Dartmore Apartments Historic DistrictGeorgian Revival0.5 miDHoward Street Apartment DistrictPrairie School0.5 miBBeebe and Runyan Furniture Showroom and WarehouseLate Renaissance Revival0.5 miBOmaha High SchoolFrench Renaissance Revival · Built 19120.5 miBCapitol GarageBuilding0.5 miBStabrie GroceryCommercial Vernacular0.5 miBOn Leong Tong HouseBuilding0.5 mi
More like it

Late Gothic Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Late Gothic Revival.

Trinity Cathedral0.3 mi away
Park School1.2 mi away
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Complex2.1 mi away
St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church3 mi away

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Questions about Barker Building

Is Barker Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jul 2, 2008 (Register number 08000605).

Is Barker Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Nebraska has 15 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is USS HAZARD (AM-240) National Historic Landmark, 2.2 miles away.

Can you visit Barker Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Barker Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 31 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 73920410 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.