Armour Packing Plant

[1][2] The plant included several buildings, including a remarkable red brick administrative building, and a large, tall wall which surrounded the facility.

[4][5] The Union Stock Yards Company gave Armour $600,000 in land and approximately $750,000 in stock in the Omaha Stockyards to build a packing house.

This deal raised the ire of stockholders in the stockyards company, as well as competitors in the meat-packing industry.

[6] The contractors selected to build the plant were Rocheford & Gould, and the first brick was laid on 17 November 1897.

[7] There were a number of large riots and civil unrest that originated or included events at the Armour Packing Plant.