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WoodmenLife Tower

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Status
  
Complete

Construction started
  
1966

Owner
  
Woodmen of the World

Architectural style
  
International Style

Completed
  
1969

WoodmenLife Tower

Location
  
1700 Farnam Street Omaha, Nebraska U.S.

WoodmenLife Tower, now the The Woodmen Tower, is a 478-ft (146-m) high-rise building at 1700 Farnam Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and is the headquarters of the Woodmen of the World insurance company. Building was started in 1966 and completed in 1969, the Woodmen rises 30 stories. It was the tallest skyscraper in Omaha for over 30 years, until the construction of the First National Bank Tower.

The building was featured prominently in the 2002 film About Schmidt, the Woodmen Tower replaced several buildings in historic downtown, including the Old City Hall and Edward Rosewater's Bee Building.

References

WoodmenLife Tower Wikipedia