Paxton Hotel
| Paxton Hotel | |
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The Paxton
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Town or city | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°15′26″N 95°56′06″W / 41.25722°N 95.93500°WCoordinates: 41°15′26″N 95°56′06″W / 41.25722°N 95.93500°W |
| Construction started | 1882, 1927 |
| Completed | 1882, 1928 |
| Demolished | 1927, n/a |
| Cost | $250,000, $1,000,000 |
| Client | Kitchen Brothers |
The Paxton Hotel, formerly known as Paxton Manor and currently known as The Paxton, is located at 1403 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Designed by local architect Joseph G. McArthur, the current building was constructed in 1928, with its predecessor dating from 1882. Named for local businessman and community leader William A. Paxton, today the building houses luxury condominia. It is one of the few significant Art Deco structures in Omaha today. Among some of the prominent guests who stayed at the Paxton were Buffalo Bill Cody and William Jennings Bryan, as well as President William McKinley stayed at the Paxton (the original building) during the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1898.
The building is located on the site of pioneer Omaha's magnificent Grand Central Hotel, which burnt down in 1878. Brothers C.W., W.T. and J.B. Kitchen built the original Paxton Hotel in 1882 to replace it, spending $250,000. The building contained 175 rooms, including an elegant dining room and a bar. The Kitchen Brothers ran several hotels throughout the Western United States, with one operating the Thornburg House in Laramie City, the Maxwell House at Rawlins, the Desert House in Green River and the Mountain Trout House at Evanston, all in the Wyoming Territory. Another ran the Pacific Hotel in St. Joseph, Missouri and the third operated the Paxton, as well as the Withnell House in Omaha.
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