2016-2017 Annual Report WE SAVE PLACES! ExecutivE UPDATE 2016-2017 Dear Friends, Board Of Preservation is changing, and we love it. In 2016-2017, we noticed a tremendous spike in Omahans interested in changing their city by keeping things Directors the same, that is to say, infl uencing its future while preserving its architectural past. This community driven, PRESIDENT grassroots attitude toward preservation thrills us. As the 2017-2018 president of the Restoration Exchange Joe Saniuk, AIA, Omaha (REO) Board of Directors, I would like to express my gratitude and congratulations to all of you for this shift Principal AO in our collective purpose. PRESIDENT-ELECT The national trend of refocusing on neighborhood identity and community character is clearly alive and well in Omaha. Adam Andrews, AIA Alley Poyner Macchietto It’s the driving force behind some of REO’s successes and achievements over the last year. All over our city, we are Architecture seeing renewed interest in preserving our architectural and cultural heritage as we continue to grow and thrive. SECRETARY With seven National Register and local landmark nominations written and approved this past year (with more in the Trina Westman works), hardly an area of town was left untouched. Urban Design and Historic Preservation • In the Leavenworth Neighborhood the Hanscom Apartments, currently known as the Bristol Apartments, City of Omaha Planning Department were found to have signifi cance locally as a surviving style of a multi-story apartment building in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. InCommon Community Development purchased the building in 2015 and is in TREASURER Dave Ulferts the process of renovating the interior. The organization will continue to off er aff ordablerate apartments in Developer the building in an area that is currently experiencing a renaissance. DIRECTORS • In north downtown, REO did exhaustive research to name 1510 Cass St. a landmark. We found and Matt Baker interviewed Chu Huey, the last surviving member of the On Leong Tong, a Chinese Merchants Association Home Inspector that operated out of the building in the early part of the 20th century. His stories ensured that the building Carrie Derrick would be saved. Interior Designer/Developer Brian Hansen, Attorney • In South Omaha, we protected the late 19th century Cornish and Worthington Mansions by locally Omaha Housing Authority landmarking them. “After the loss of Johnson Mortuary, it is comforting and supportive of the city to Marty Hosking, Realtor protect two of the few remaining mansions of Omaha’s original Gold Coast,” said Arnie Breslow, manager of Magis Group - Keller Williams the properties along with his partner Gina Basile. Andrea Kathol, Owner Our success isn’t just counted in landmarks, though. We measure success in engagement as well. REO’s membership Field Day Development and volunteer numbers continue to grow, and hundreds of you gave to our online campaigns to fund our programming Kyle Keith and initiatives, for which we are grateful. This helped more than 900 people discover the Aksarben neighborhood North Omaha during our fall historic neighborhood tour, and 294 people attend the 12th Restore Omaha Conference! Neighborhood Alliance Royce Maynard, President Preservation is changing. What we’re experiencing now is not the preservation movement of the past. This is a DICON Corporation vision focused on the future. It’s more inclusive, more creative and more important than ever. Let’s continue to work Laura Shiffermiller together to improve our city. I’m excited to have you along for the ride. Nonprofit Consultant EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kristine Gerber Adam Andrews, AIA 2017-2018 Board President OUR Thank you to our Major Donors in 2016-2017 FINANCIAL Annual major support includes gifts of $150 or more to Restoration Exchange Omaha programs, contributors general operations, membership and fundraising events from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 Major Contributors Minne Lusa House Louis Pachman R.W. Engineering and Surveying ($10,000+) Betty Quinn and Allison Latenser Black Market Furniture Sherwood Foundation Linda and John Rebrovic Mary and Richard Parrish + Hardware Tobin and Mary Schropp John J. Philson ($1,000 - $9,999) Chicago Lumber Company Neal and Deb Retzlaff City of Omaha North Omaha Historical Grant Front Porch - ($150 - $249) Laura Shiff ermiller Planning Department Catholic Cemeteries of the Maureen and Richard Anderl Eileen and Tom Slane Millard Lumber Archdiocese of Omaha Diane Brock Robert Stargel/ R. Mechanical Heating & Air AO Sandi and Bill Bruns Lund-Ross Constructors Renaissance Roofi ng Inc. Alley Poyner Honor Bulkley/ Round Hill Pacifi c Ben Swan/Swan Development Preserve Council Bluff s Macchietto Architecture Tom and Anne Byrne Cindy Tooker Chris McClellan Keith Clark Traco, Inc Prestige Plumbing John Pyrovolakis Nancy Dunham Kathleen Tracy DRD Home Services South Omaha Historical Grant Mark Ehrhart/ Dave Ulferts and Amy Jacobsen Cornhusker Motor Club Stella Realty Ehrhart Griffi n & Associates Marvin Webb, AIA/ FALL NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR Pillar - ($500 - $999) Eric EIckhoff Webb & Co. Architects SPONSORS Mike Fisk Brian T. White Robert and Mary Braun AIA Omaha Pamela Buff ett Roger and Joyce Fitch Tiff any Williams/ Better Homes and Garden Real Susan Buff et Maureen T. Fitzgerald Tangerine Designs Estate - The Good Life Group Dr. Herbert and Cynthia Hartman Vince and Jonie Furlong PRESERVATION CELEBRATION Oldenhuis Contracting Inc. Bruce Lauritzen Gerber Architecture P.C. WEEKEND SPONSORS Royce Maynard/Dicon Jared and Kristine Gerber Re/Max Results | Paul G. Smith Associates Paul Mileris and Robin Behlers Teresa Gleason/ Team Wiebusch Dicon Jeannie O’Donnell Polecat Communications Eyman Plumbing Lund-Ross Contructors James and Judy Skinner Mary E. Green Pella Eyman Plumbing The Rose Theater R Mechanical Heating & Air Sarah Newman Heating and Air John Wallace Webster Field Day Development and David Harding Dundee Bank American National Bank Cornerstone - ($250 - Jesse Harding Alley Poyner Amanda Harrington AO $499) Macchietto Architecture Jim Nolan and Kathy Herman B.G. Peterson Jo Anne Amoura AIA Omaha Curtis and Robin Boeck Timothy Hook Nustyle Development Corp. Big Muddy Diana and Jeff rey Briggs Jean and Lee Johnson Laura and William Shiff ermiller Eurowood Laurie Smith Camp Andrew and Ann Kane Dan and Shirley Neary Lawrence Paint Co. Patrick and Melissa Duff y Patrick Lazure Baird Holm North Hills Pottery Tour David Gaupp/Blue Star Holdings Evan Luxon Cramer Kreski Designs Western Specialty Contractors James and Cynthia Irvine Molly Maguire Engineered Controls Martin Janousek, AIA Nicole and Kyle Malone Field Day Development IN KIND Helen Kenefi ck Peter and Jennifer Manhart J. Development AO Teddi and Timothy Kennedy Damon Matthew Morrissey Engineering, Inc. Hotel Deco XV Barbara McCusker Lynn Miller Oldenhuis Contracting Inc. Metropolitan Community Mick Manley/ Monroe Middle School Omaha By Design Foundation MCM Jr. Insurance Inc. Dorothy and Eugene O’Donnell PEN Architect RDG Planning and Design Revenue 2016-2017 Individual Donations 6,423.00 fi nancials Grants 23,500.00 Interest-Savings 27.00 Memberships 17,559.00 Book, T-Shirt and Print Sales 2,320.00 Program Income 78,869.00 Historic Neighborhood Tour Restore Omaha Walking Tours National Register Nominations Total Income 128,698.00 Cost of Goods Sold 989.00 Gross Profi t 127,709.00 Expense Administration 89,427.00 Personnel Contract Services Rent Advertising and Marketing Banking Fees Sales and Property Taxes Dues and Memberships Offi ce Supplies Telephone Trainings and Meetings Program Expense 59,106.00 Cover Photos: Advocacy TOP ROW FROM LEFT: Barbara McCusker, president, Fairacres Neighborhood Archives Association; Alliance Barber Shop & Membership Supply owners along with Dave Ulferts, bringing new business and people National Register Nominations to historic places; Norita Matt, City Historic Neighborhood Tour of Omaha employee promoting and advocating for older neighborhoods. Restore Omaha Walking Tours MIDDLE ROW FROM LEFT: Carrie Derrick, turning Swanson Mansion into a single family home once again; Christian Gray, Total Expense 148,533.00 providing affordable housing in historic places. Net Ordinary Income -20,824.00 BOTTOM ROW FROM LEFT: Ella Willis, Cash Reserve 43,530.00 restoring the former Tic Toc Diner into a community gathering place; Roger Balance 22,706.00 duRand, preservation advocate; Rhonda Stuberg, working to keep Blackstone Neighborhood historic. ADVOCATE 2016-2017 Highlights Cornish Mansion Cornish Old Bellevue College Old Bellevue 7 NATIONAL REGISTER AND LOCAL LANDMARK NOMINATIONS WRITTEN AND APPROVED • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery for its association with the city’s social development and as the primary burial place for the city’s Roman Catholic population during the late 19th and early 20th century. Barbara McCusker in front of her home at • Hanscom Apartments, currently known as the Bristol Apartments, for local significance as a 616 Fairacres Road. Barbara led a team surviving example of a Spanish Colonial Revival style, multi-story apartment building. who worked with Restoration Exchange • The Scott-Omaha Tent & Awning Co. building as a rare surviving example of a late 19th-century Omaha (REO) to research the history commercial building constructed for the purpose of manufacturing carriages and wagons. REO of homes along Fairacres Road. Their research found the modern day parachute was patented in this building. work culminated in a National Register • The Bellevue College Dormitories as rare