Redick Tower

The Redick Tower, operated since 2011 as Hotel Deco XV, is an eleven-story building located at 1504 Harney Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Redick Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1504 Harney Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°15′24.5″N 95°56′10.4″W
Built	1930
Architect	Joseph G. McArthur
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	84002470[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1984

The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Omaha architect Joseph G. McArthur. It was named after the Redick family, who had been among Omaha's pioneer settlers, arriving in 1856, and who had owned the land on which the building was constructed. As designed, it housed commercial storefront space on the first floor, indoor parking and garage facilities for up to 500 cars on the lower seven floors, and office space in the tower above the parking levels.[2][3]

The Redick Tower was built for Garrett and Agor, Inc., which managed it until the mid-1930s, when it was purchased by the Redick Tower Corporation. In 1943, it was bought by Omaha investor Walter Duda, who held it until 1973, when it was acquired by the Denver-based Parking Corporation of America. It was subsequently operated as a Radisson Hotel "considered among Omaha's best"[4] and then as the Best Western Redick Plaza Hotel until it closed in 2009.

In 2010, it was purchased by the White Lotus Group, which opened it in the following year as the Hotel Deco XV.[2][3][4] The group is part of the White Lotus Conglomerate, which is run by the family of godman and businessman Vijaykumar Naidu, better known in India as Kalki Bhagwan.[5][6]

In 1984, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[7] Its historic significance was attributed to its original multifunctional urban design, combining retail, office, and parking space in a single building; and to its being "one of Nebraska's premier examples" of the Art Deco style.[3]

See also

• List of Historic Hotels of America
• History of Omaha

References

1. NRHP reference number obtained by searching NPS Focus website for resource name "Redick Tower". No permanent URL available for search result.
2. "Our History". Hotel Deco XV. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
3. Murphy, D. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Redick Tower". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
4. Saunders, Michaela. "Hotel has serious swank". Omaha World-Herald. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
5. Imranullah, Mohamed (22 November 2019). "'Kalki' Bhagavan's daughter-in-law moves HC against 'look out circular'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
6. "Rs 44 cr cash, 90 kg gold, Rs 20 cr worth US dollars seized in I-T raids on properties linked to spiritual guru Kalki Bhagwan". DNA India. 21 October 2019.
7. "More Nebraska National Register Sites in Douglas County". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-23.