Built in 1917, the First National Bank Building was Omaha's very first high-rise, fourteen U-shaped steel stories on the corner of 16th and Farnam Street. Built in 1917, this was the original home of the First National Bank and the very first high‑rise built in Omaha. At 210 feet (64 m) it still ranks as the 17th tallest building in the city, its unique form making it a downtown landmark.
Walk close enough and you can sense the layers of use: when renovations in 2000 converted most of the building from offices into residences, its role in the neighborhood shifted. Today the first floor works as the resident lobby, a separate partition houses retail and restaurants, and a distinct entrance serves the 27 offices on the second and third floors. Floors four through fourteen contain 81 luxury one‑ and two‑bedroom condominiums.
During that remodel a library, a gym, and basement storage were added for residents. Notice the U-shaped silhouette still rising above 16th and Farnam, its fourteen stories now carrying bankers' history, offices, retail, restaurants, and the residents who call these floors home.