Color postcard (13 1/2 x 8 1/2 cm) with an interior view of the Douglas County Courthouse located south of Farnam between 17th & 18th Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Image shows rotunda, main floor, tiled, with circular feature overhead. Spittoons are sitting on the floor.
In July 1908, Omaha architect John Latenser, Sr. was hired to design Omaha's third courthouse. Architectural plans were completed in 1909 and the Columbus, Indiana, firm of Caldwell & Drake were hired to construct it. The atrium above the rotunda shown here rises 110 feet and is topped by a large skylight. It opened October 1, 1912. Source: Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, c1917, pp 131-33 and Spencer, Jeffrey, "Building for the Ages: Omaha's Architectural Landmarks" 2003, p. 124.
