The Mary Reed House is a historic house in the Gold Coast area of

Omaha Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city ...

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. The house is a designated Omaha Historical Landmark, designed by notable architect F. A. Henninger in the

Prairie style Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hip roof, hipped roofs with broad Overhang (architecture), ove ...

, and built in 1909.

Attributes and history

The home was built and designed in 1909 for the widow of philanthropist and real estate pioneer

Byron Reed Byron Reed (March 12, 1829 – June 6, 1891) was an American pioneer real estate businessman and local politician in Omaha, Nebraska. He founded the first real estate office in the Nebraska Territory and became the foremost agent after Nebraska ...

. On March 16, 1982, the Omaha City Council designated the house a local landmark. This red-brick building has been home to a law firm since at least 1998. It was designed by architect F. A. Henninger in the

made famous by

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

. It was designated as an Omaha Historical Landmark in 1982.

References

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