Bee Building, Commercial building in Downtown Omaha, United States.
The seven-story red granite structure featured carved beehives on its exterior and stood at the intersection of 17th and Farnam Streets.
Newspaper editor Edward Rosewater commissioned architect Solon Spencer Beman to construct this building in 1888 for his Omaha Bee newspaper operations.
The building represented the growth of print media in Nebraska, housing the Omaha Bee newspaper which reached a circulation of 18,736 readers by 1889.
The Peters Trust Company and Peters National Bank occupied the building in 1920, leading to its designation as the Peters Trust Building.
The structure became the first office building west of Chicago to incorporate central air conditioning, installed during renovations in 1935.
Location: Nebraska
Inception: 1888
Architects: Solon Spencer Beman
GPS coordinates: 41.25780,-95.93920
Latest update: March 6, 2025 22:21
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