Terminal Building

Style: Chicago School
City: Lincoln, NE

The Terminal Building is a high-rise office building at 947 O Street in Lincoln, built in 1916 for the Lincoln Traction Company, the city's largest streetcar operator. Chicago architect Paul V. Hyland designed the building in 1915, though it may actually have been designed by Joseph G. McArthur, an architect in Hyland's Lincoln office. Lincoln Traction Company, owned by out-of-state investors, faced public scorn over tax disputes and fare increases before merging with the locally backed Citizens Railway in 1909.

the building

Chicago School facade. The building's commercial facade reflects the Chicago School idiom Paul V. Hyland brought from his home city, applied here to a high-rise office building at 947 O Street.

the style

The Terminal Building was designed in the Chicago School style, the commercial idiom architect Paul V. Hyland worked in before relocating to Lincoln.

the architect

Paul V. Hyland was a Chicago architect who designed the Terminal Building in 1915; he also designed three other historic Lincoln buildings, the First National Bank building, the McAffee House, and the Frank H. Woods House. Some evidence suggests the Terminal Building may actually have been designed by Joseph G. McArthur, an architect in Hyland's Lincoln office.

nearby

Gold and Company Store Building 370 ft · Gothic Revival · 1924
Nebraska Telephone Company Building 0.3 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1894
Federal Trust Building 0.3 mi · Gothic Revival · 1927
Sheldon Museum of Art 0.3 mi · Mid-Century Modern · 1963
Barr Terrace 0.4 mi · Chateauesque · 1890
Scottish Rite Temple 0.5 mi · Neoclassical

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