Do not stay in this hotel! Follow on Instagram and Facebook. Here is where you come in, dear detective friends: what do we collectively know about 611 North 16th Street? My father and several firefighters carried the corpse down to the street on a gurney to take to the morgue. He ran the upstairs sleeping rooms as a boarding house of sorts. Anticipating fire improvements and plan to be back out next time through Omaha. Whatevers left all hails from another era long since past. All were arrested. https://police.cityofomaha.org/services/citizen-services/request-a-police-report, National Night Out Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022, OPD Taking Part in Drug Impaired Campaign, OPD taking part in U Drive. I wish I knew there was a place. OWH.
Photo borrowed from the Douglas County Assessors website. Their free time involved golf or bowling or drinking in solace while smoking cigarettes and watching football or talking on the telephone in the breakfast nook with a glass of wine. George M. Hofmann, our familys Patriarch being on the right side of the Law, ran a Livery at 16th and Douglas, assisting OPD before the current, storied Brandeis Building went up, prompting a relocation west on St.Marys and, said thief (if hed had any sense) wouldve used the ill-gotten coins to purchase a fast horse out of town, from Mr. Georges nearby stables. In 1980, The Smugglers Inn was part of a Supreme Court Case in 1980. While Rohwer & Dolan served their scuttle of suds for mere dimes out of the soon to be swiggery main floor, the second floor served as some manner of rooming house. I will not recommend this hotel to family or friends. Barring a Danger-Closed placard posted by the City of Omaha Planning Department back in August of 2018, warning of prohibited unlawful occupancy, there was little to go on by way of clues. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. Clearly, the reference of a C. In the early 1930s, the house fittings store would intuitively change their name to State Furnitureand just in the nick of time. Stay Away I wouldn't let my ex-wife stay here, Stayed here because there wasn't a whole lot to choose from for me and my husband on Valentine's day. Long shall she live! The Webster Variety Store took the helm and appeared to run an antiques shop of sorts until the 1970swhere they sold such things at secretarial bookcases, roll top desks, coal stoves, Christmas decorations, player pianos, wood ice box, china cabinet. We got into town late so finding another hotel last minute wasn't an option. At one point one of his tenants upstairs died, my father and several firefighters had to drag his tenants corpse down to the street level on a gurney, my father was the one that found him. Alamito horse drawn delivery wagons lined up on 16th and Webster Street. Just in the thirstiest part of the day, along about three bells in the afternoon, the Schlitz tap house mysteriously moved on. As it turns out, the Victorian building that we have always known to be at 611 North 16th Street was not built yet. 
Get the latest news and weather delivered straight to your inbox, A new owner, Carlisle Senior Living, acquired the property last fall, An abandoned hotel in southwest Omaha appears to have a future as a senior living center. Whether in Omaha for Corporate Business or Leisure the Westmont Inn & Suites is definitely your right choice!! Date: 1952. Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Missouri_River_Bridge. And, 3.) I walked underneath a major street and part of the interstate by myself a few months ago. In 1912 Madam Liverpool, a spiritualist medium gave daily readings from upstairs at 611 North 16th Street. A news story regarding the terrible conditions of this hotel made the local news. Brothel, maybe. [12], Built on a steel frame, the building is covered in brick with terra cotta detailing. It took them forever to find our reservation, things were broke in our room, the furniture was stained, and the CARPET was sticky and I didn't even know that was possible. I adore this place from afar. This photo shows what the northwest side of 16th Street looked like when the Nebraska Furniture store was in business. Not worth the money. In the end, The Carol Hotel was an eye-sore in the neighborhood everyone wanted to get rid of, but beyond that were the memories of the disco, The Playboy Club, and the people who experienced the building. J. HOFFMAN in this passage, Thought-to-be-thief, C. J. Hoffman, was arrested in a nearby outhouse. Stepkids Speak Out by Erin Mantz. [9][10] It opened in November 2020 as the Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel. April 1897 permit to build announcement from OWH. Now I must look into Harry Foxx!
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Southern elevation on California Street. If I wouldn't have seen another room I would have thought we were given a storage room they never rent out. Thank you for this clue.
Neighbors said the hotel was far from classy. Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, free parking, and meeting rooms.
The home line would most likely be busy anyway. 0, Xbox Cloud Gaming review: Its all about the games, pcworld.com . After asking to not be disturbed, someone is knocking on my door 2 minutes later because they thought I had already checked out. There is trash everywhere including overflowing cans at exits and loose trash around the entire perimeter.
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Other evidence read what looked to be the words Koory and Variety Store painted on a window and a faded ghost of Center Bargain Store splayed on the building. 0, CMPD investigating homicide in east Charlotte, wsoctv.com Creator: Savage, John (1903-1989). Cops roll through once or twice a day, if that. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way.
,1 hour ago When did Creighton sell? The fine Pettits Pastry is still located furthest south at 502 North 16th, along with Sols Jewelry and Loan empire at 514 North 16th. 
1902 OWH article: This series of headlines and subheads are the funniest thing youll read all day. This corner alehouse was so perfectly suited to the area, in April of 1897 the Schlitz Brewing Company had taken out a permit to build there. 0, Lawndale: Restaurant Worker at Service Window Fatally Shot in Face, nbcchicago.com The nearly 4-acre property was purchased for $3.75 million last fall by Carlisle Senior Living. I have worked at Sols on north 16th for 18 years. Interestingly this Lincoln address is also headquarters to Aftermath Services LLC, a leading crime scene clean up specialist. The funny thing about north 16th st is, if you were from west Omaha in the late 60s-early 70s, you remember the Red Lion Hotel going up right in the midst of 16th St., virtually cutting the north corridor off from travel. Mike Boylan would later run his tire shop at the location in the 1940s. U Text.
If you have any questions contact me. You are the perfect person to askdoes Sols still use the huge building (to the east) behind 611 and Happy Bar for storage? First National Bank of Omaha owns this lot. Please.
611 North 16th was steadfastly committed to its sawdust saloonship. ,1 hour ago I've heard there's an abandoned church west of lincoln a ways on the side of the interstate but that's honestly all I've ever heard mentioned by anybody around the area. $94 a night for no breakfast or pool or bar/restaurant. Among its amenities, the hotel published its own magazine, The Blackstonian, and kept a small fleet of Pierce-Arrow limousines for visiting dignitaries who arrived in Omaha by train. 0, RPD officer killed, another injured after shooting on Bauman St. in Rochester, wivb.com The Playboy Club once occupied Omaha, when the hotel was The Sheraton (May 18, 1984-1988), and before the Playboy Club, it was The Smugglers Inn with an upscale disco. The wrongful spelling of this individuals surname; 2.) The Most Haunted Place in Iowa-Edinburgh Manor Part I, Disclaimer-Abandoned, Forgotten, and Decayed, Abandoned Farms and Homesteads of Nebraska: Decaying in the Heartland, Hey, Whos In My House? What were the Schlitz partnership plans? I know now it was a good education in the different parts of Omaha and a great study in people watching. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. I had always felt that was such a dub idea. What of the clanging tin box of coins and where did the other man go? The bridge builder would go on to make up many tales about his shots taken but the daughters and other card players pointed their fingers.
He was a magazine and newspaper vendor. Fire doors are propped open. And look what we have here. Keep exploring our city and its history.
Abe Weiss, proprietor, kept about $250 in gold coins and sixty rare initialed Lincoln pennies, a thousand dollars worth of diamonds (in a mans handkerchief) and stacks of cash in the store safe. Try the How Do I menu located at the top of this page, or our improved search bar. I used to smash liquor bottles on the side of Koorys Place when my dad bought itlol. Creator: Bostwick, Louis (1868-1943) and Frohardt, Homer (1885-1972). I cheer for it and I want more for it, especially now that I know a wee bit of her history. 0, Premiere Care fined after failing to inform family that pensioner had fallen to her death in Margate, kentonline.co.uk
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There's also an abandoned building right across the street that had a fire a while back.
By 1916 Nebraska Furniture had moved their showroom to the main level of the 611 North 16th Street with merchandise storage kept above. Just like life, not everything is pretty, but parts are downright breathtaking, if you can look beyond the piles of unwanted. I met him when I was a kid. Are there great plans in the works? It was also The Clarion, and when the hotel was purchased for the last time and changed to The Carol, they manipulated the sign to read, Carol. An abandoned hotel in southwest Omaha appears to have a future as a senior living center Residents generally rented by the year rather than the day and received hotel services. The Omaha Police Department is investigating numerous recent cases of "grandparent scams". ,1 hour ago
Unbeknownst to them, some men snuck in through the back and stole their watering hole registerymost likely piles of coins in those days! I really don't know. I couldnt be sure, for the mens names running the bar did not change between buildings. For the price we paid I expected more than grungy road-side motel. Absolutely filthy!!! The fire department was called to the same neighborhood five hours after Nebraska Furnitures fire broke out, when Sam Schwartzs mens furnishings store at 301 North 16th Street exploded in flames. thanks, Your email address will not be published. It was pretty cool! Stepkids Speak Out by Erin Mantz.
I imagine this is quite a bit fancier than the original saloon on 16, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window). ,44 minutes ago From my family research, My Great Grandfather James Osborn Slatter had a grocery store at 601-603-605 North 16th Street from about 1877 to sometime after 1883.
The Northwestern Hotel on the southeast corner of 16th and Webster Street (619 North 16th Street). Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thanks for ringing in. Except for the structures to her south, she is now enveloped by strange parking lots, perhaps for infrequent sporting events at Creighton and Ameritrade Park. is in no way a family member from 1.) Guest or Employees (not sure which) were constantly smoking outside the main lobby door.
You can see where this 1926 building once had welcoming storefront retail windows. Publisher: The Durham Museum. After Koory died my father bought the property. This was a trend that I often come across in these stories; a single man living as a shopkeep-guard within a store. They were said to be moving quick to the rail lines. I've heard rumors of an old church between lincoln and milford off the interstate, an abandoned hotel somewhere between lincoln and omaha, and some tunnels and missile silos around the area, but nobody really has the details or is willing to divulge them. Henry Roenfeldt was the proud keeper of a saloon at 611 North 16th from 1890 to at least 1894, after which a Mrs. Josephine Kaufmann would step in to take the tap house reins. Registration is now open for the Southeast Precinct's citizen police academy. [11] The original name can no longer be used due to legal issues. The intriguing phantom outline of the Koory family business. [8] Kiewit sold the property in 2017 to local investors Clarity Development Co. and Green Slate Development, who restored it as a luxury hotel, at a cost of $75 million. Whats the name, Ponchito? This was the worst hotel I have stayed in. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. Miss Cassette and myomahaobsession, 2018. We may also use your data to tailor ads for you and our partners will collect data and use cookies for ad personalisation and measurement. Date: September of 1924. to take pictures and submit them. Sorry to see these structures go. I go to school in Milford. Palm reader drawing from 1912 St. The Tip Top Building can be seen in the background. But I have read many of your articles, and look forward to reading more. The cross street to the north, running perpendicular with 16th is now called Mike Fahey Road. Part of this involves using cookies to collect anonymous data for statistics and personalization. The carpet was sticky, the shower didn't work in one of the rooms and the lights in the room didn't work.
By 1895 Charles Nordenberg signed the swiggery lease and two years later a Mr. Claus Rohwer was applying for a liquor license under the address. Join OPD 