City of Lincoln Planning Haymarket Landmark District

Haymarket Landmark District
Boundary/Address: 7th to 9th Streets, O to R Streets Designation: Local Landmark
With the arrival of Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Lincoln in the 1870s, the area east of the tracks and west of downtown developed as an industrial and warehouse district served by Burlington, Missouri Pacific, and other railroads. Grocery wholesalers, farm implement manufacturers and dealers, hotels, cafes, and depots serving the traveling public dominated the district. Changes in transportation and manufacturing in the mid-twentieth century largely ended the district's original uses, but revitalization efforts since the 1980s have transformed Haymarket into one of the most vibrant mixed-use districts of downtown. Art and antique galleries, coffee houses, restaurants, performance spaces, and offices and residences, utilize the district's late nineteenth and early twentieth century brick buildings. The Neo-classical Revival style Lincoln Station of 1927 houses new and traditional uses, including Lincoln's Amtrak station and offices for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.
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