The Flatiron Hotel is located at 1722 St. Mary's Avenue in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Designed by architect George Prinz and originally constructed in 1912 as an office building, in 1914 it was renovated for use as a hotel. Today the building serves as office and commercial space, as well as housing an upscale restaurant, Flatiron Cafe, in downtown Omaha. The Flatiron Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. About Drawing upon the original Flatiron Building in New York City, Augustus F. Kountze, a local banker and landowner, had the building erected as commercial and office space in 1912. The building, designed in the Georgian Revival style, is one of Omaha's most distinctive buildings. It has four stories with a circular tower at the point of the triangle, and is highlighted by decorative brickwork. There is limestone trim around the entire building, with a brown brick exterior on the whole building. In Popular Culture In the novel Kings of Broken Things by Theodore Wheeler, the Flatiron Hotel is the site of a of a criminal scheme to dig secret tunnels that connect reputable hotels to brothels. The novel depicts several criminal endeavors connected to noted crime and political boss Tom Dennison. See also Landmarks in Omaha List of buildings named Flatiron Building References Hotel buildings completed in 1912 Office buildings completed in 1912 Omaha Landmarks National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska History of Downtown Omaha, Nebraska Defunct hotels in Omaha, Nebraska Kountze family Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska 1912 establishments in Nebraska Flatiron buildings