In the mid-19th century, engineer Henry Farnam was pivotal to the rapid development of Omaha, Nebraska advocating for the newly conceived transcontinental railway to set its eastern terminus in the Nebraska city. It is that enterprising spirit, mirrored by Warren Buffett, the Berkshire Hathaway tycoon and Omaha native, that infuses the Farnam, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection. Opened in 2021, the 120-room hotel comes courtesy of the Gettys Group, and the design, says Ben Nicholas, former senior director of interiors at the Chicago-based firm, is meant to “set the stage for the next entrepreneurs.”