Picture Northup-Jones restaurant once serving Omaha's financial and legal crowd from this ground floor. Constructed in 1929, it has been an important fixture in Omaha's downtown business community since the 1930s. Picture the first level when Northup-Jones restaurant was located here, a ground-floor institution that served Omaha's financial and lawyer community.
In 2000 the Farnam Building was renovated and converted from office space into 30 two- and three-bedroom residential apartments, while the first floor remained commercial space and today contains two restaurants and a post office. Standing here you can feel the building's history folded into its use: the 1929 construction, its role through the 1930s as part of downtown business life, and the 2000 transformation into residences. The Farnam Building sits between two neighbors that help tell its story: the First National Bank Building to the east, and Farnam Plaza to the west, an eight-story building that houses the Opera Omaha offices.
Notice the First National Bank Building rising to the east and the eight-story Farnam Plaza to the west, home to Opera Omaha's offices.