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Neighborhoods

Owl's Head
Sherman Hill

Local Landmarks

The Lexington Apartments
1721 Pleasant Avenue

The Gold Star Monument
Lutheran Hospital Grounds, 700 E. University Avenue

Woodland Cemetery
Corner of Woodland and Harding Road
(excluding Jewish Enamel Cemetery)

Drake University Municipal Observatory
Waveland Park, University Avenue at 49th Street

Southeast Watertrough
S.E. 11th and Scott Streets

Colonial Bread Sign
Second and University Avenues

Butler Mansion
2633 Fleur Drive

Glendale Mausoleum Glendale Cemetery
1550 48th Street

Rose Garden, Greenwood Park
Grand Avenue at 47th Street

Sylvan Theater, Greenwood Park
Grand Avenue at 47th Street

Wallace House
756 16th Street

American Federal Building
601 Grand Avenue

Charles Martin House
3939 Grand Avenue

Hoyt Sherman Place
1501 Woodland Avenue

Oakwood Estate (James S. Carpenter House)
3320 Kinsey Avenue

Esther Hall
921 Pleasant

Boy Cottage
304 42nd Street

Masonic Temple
1011 Locust Street

Public Library of Des Moines (Old Central location)
100 Locust Street

National Register of Historic Places Properties
Name
Address - City - Listed

Abraham Lincoln High School
2600 SW 9th St. - Des Moines - 10/24/2002

Ainsworth, William W. and Elizabeth J., House
1310 7th St. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Andrews, Josiah, House
1128 27th St. - Des Moines - 11/1/1988

Ashby Manor Historic District
Roughly bounded by Beaver Ave. and Ashby Park
Des Moines - 9/4/1992

Ayrshire Apartments
1815 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Bailey, William H. and Alice, House
1810 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Baker, C. H., Double House
1700-1702 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Bartlett, Walter M., Double House
1416-1418 Sixth Ave. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Bates Park Historic District
4th St. between Orchard and Clark Sts. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Baum, William A. and Etta, Cottage
1604 8th St. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Beeson, Byron A., House
1503 5th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Bell, Hill McClelland, House
1091 26th St. - Des Moines - 11/1/1988

Benham, F. A., House
716 19th. St. - Des Moines - 11/5/1998

Burns United Methodist Church
811 Crocker St. - Des Moines - 6/15/1977

Burnstein-Malin Grocery
1241 - 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Camp Dodge Pool District
Buildings A22--A24, - Camp Dodge - Johnston - 2/17/1995

Carpenter, James Sansom, House
3320 Kinsey Ave. - Des Moines - 4/23/1998

Case, Larnerd, House
3111 Easton Blvd. - Des Moines - 6/21/1982

Chaffee-Hunter House
1821 8th St. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Chautauqua Park Historic District
Historic District Roughly bounded by 16th St., Hickman Rd., and Chautauqua Pkwy. - Des Moines - 3/22/1990

Civic Center Historic District
Des Moines River, Center St. Dam to Scott Ave. Dam,
including both banks - Des Moines - 12/7/1988

College Corner Commercial Historic Business District
Euclid Ave., between Second and Third Aves. - Des Moines - 4/23/1998

Court Avenue Bridge
Court Ave. over Des Moines R. - Des Moines - 5/15/1998

Crane Building
1440 Walnut - Des Moines- 8/30/2001

Crawford House
2203 Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 1/27/1983

Cummins, Albert Baird, House
2404 Forest Dr. - Des Moines - 6/30/1982

Darling, Jay Norwood and Genevieve Pendleton, House
2320 Terrace Rd. - Des Moines - 9/30/1992

Denny, Professor Charles O., House
1084 Twenty-fifth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Des Moines Saddlery Company Building
307-311 Court Ave. - Des Moines - 6/27/1985

Drake University Campus Historic District
Roughly two blks. along University Ave. near Twenty-fifth St. -
Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Evans, Edward B. and Nettie E., House
1410 19th St. - Des Moines - 4/1/2002

Fire Station No. 4
1041 8th St. - Des Moines - 6/27/1979

First Methodist Episcopal Church
10th and Pleasant Sts. - Des Moines - 4/12/1984

Fish and Game Pavilion and Aquarium
Iowa State Fairgrounds - Des Moines - 12/23/1991

Fleming Building
218 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 5/22/2002

Flynn Farm, Mansion, and Barn
2600 111th St. - Des Moines - 11/30/1973

Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School
Fort Des Moines Military Reservation - Des Moines - 5/30/1974

Franklin Apartments
1811 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Gabriel, Rees, House
1701 Pennsylvania Ave. - Des Moines - 12/1/1978

Goddard Bungalow Court Historic District
1410-21 Goddard Court, 1232 14th St. - Des Moines - 11/21/2000

Goode, Lowry W., and Hattie N., First North Des Moines House
1813 7th St. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Grand View College (Old Main)
1200 Grandview Ave. - Des Moines - 5/23/1978

Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George
1118 35th St. - Des Moines - 2/28/1997

Haley, F.E., Double House
1233-1235 7th St. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Hallett Flat-Rawson & Co. Apartment Building
1301-1307 Locust St. - Des Moines - 12/1/2000

Hatton, Dr. John B. and Anna M., House
1730 7th St. - Des Moines - 4/23/1998

Hawkeye Insurance Company Building
209 Fourth St. - Des Moines - 4/28/1986

Hayes, William B., House
1547 Arlington Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Henshie-Briggs Row House
1106 High St. - Des Moines - 8/8/2001

Herndon Hall
2000 Grand Ave. Des Moines - 7/27/1977

Herrold Bridge
NW 88th Ave. over Beaver Cr. - Herrold - 5/15/1998

Highland Park Historic Business District at Euclid and Sixth Avenues
Roughly jct. of Euclid Ave. and Sixth Ave. - Des Moines - 7/15/1998

Hohberger Building
502-506 E. Locust St. - Des Moines - 9/12/2002

Home of Marshall's Horseradish
1546 2nd Place - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Homestead Building
303 Locust St. - Des Moines - 3/5/1982

Hotel Fort Des Moines
10th and Walnut Sts. - Des Moines - 9/16/1982

Ingersoll Place Plat Historic District
28th St., Linden and High Sts. - Des Moines - 11/21/2000

Iowa State Capitol
Grand Ave. and E. 12th St. - Des Moines - 10/21/1976

Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds Historic District
E. Thirtieth St. and Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 9/14/1987

Iowa State Historical Building
E. 12th and Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 11/14/1978

Iowa-Des Moines National Bank Building
520 Walnut St. - Des Moines - 7/10/1979

Johnson, Capt. Nicholas W. and Emma, House
Jct. of 21st St. and University Ave. - Des Moines - 12/6/1990

Johnstone, Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A., House
1810 8th St. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Jordan House
2251 Fuller Rd. West Des Moines - 12/10/1973

Keeler, Rev. R. W. and Fannie E., House
1430 10th St. - Des Moines - 11/4/1993

Kingman Place Historic District
27th to 31st Sts., Kingman Blvd., Rutland St. and Cottage Ave.
Des Moines - 11/21/2000

Kirkham, Francis M., House
1026 Twenty-fourth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Knotts, Nellie and Thomas, House
1021 Twenty-sixth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Kromer Flats
1433-1439 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Lexington, The
1721 Pleasant St. - Des Moines - 12/12/1976

Lord, Richard T. C., and William V. Wilcox House
2416 Kingman Blvd. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Mahnke House
2707 High St. - Des Moines - 10/13/1983

Maine, The
1635 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Maish House
1623 Center St. - Des Moines - 4/11/1977

Masonic Temple of Des Moines
1011 Locust St. - Des Moines - 8/29/1997

Middlesex Plat Historic District
Center St. to Woodland Ave., 31st to 35th Sts. - Des Moines - 11/21/2000

Municipal Building
E. 1st and Locust Sts. - Des Moines - 11/10/1977

Naylor House
944 W. 9th St. - Des Moines - 7/10/1974

New Lawn, The
1245 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Norman Apartment Building
3103 University Ave. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Northwestern Hotel
321 E. Walnut - Des Moines - 1/12/1984

Oaklands, The, Historic District
Oakland and Arlington Aves. between Franklin and College Aves.
Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Odenweller, F. F.-James P. and Nettie Morey House
1115 27th St. - Des Moines - 11/1/1988

Owl's Head Historic District
Ridge Rd., Forest Dr., 28th and 29th Sts. - Des Moines - 10/11/1978

Peak, George B., House
1080 22nd St. - Des Moines - 11/14/1978

Perry and Brainard Block
1601 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Polk County Courthouse
6th and Mulberry Sts. - Des Moines - 4/30/1979

Prospect Park Second Plat Historic District
Roughly along the Des Moines R. S to Franklin Ave., between 6th Ave. and 9th St. - Des Moines - 4/23/1998

Public Library of Des Moines
Locust St. - Des Moines - 7/25/1977

Reynolds, Anson O., House
1022 Twenty-sixth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Riverview Park Plat Historic District
Arlington Ave. between Franklin and 6th Aves.
Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Rollins, Ralph, House
2801 Fleur Dr. - Des Moines - 11/14/1978

Rumely-Des Moines Drug Company Building
110 SW. Fourth St. - Des Moines - 11/16/1989

Saint John's Roman Catholic Church
1915 University Ave. - Des Moines - 9/8/1987

Salisbury House
4025 Tonawanda Dr. - Des Moines - 7/20/1977

Sargent's Garage
510 College Ave. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Savery Hotel
401 Locust St. - Des Moines - 11/5/1998

Scheibe, Julius, Cottage
815 College Ave. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Scott, Mary A. and Caleb D., House
1014 Twenty-sixth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Scottish Rite Consistory Building
6th Ave. and Park St. - Des Moines - 9/29/1983

Sherman Hill Historic District
Roughly bounded by Woodland Ave., 19th, School, and 15th Sts. - Des Moines - 1/25/1979

Sherman, Hoyt, Place
1501 Woodland Ave. - Des Moines - 9/19/1977

Sherman, Lampson P., House
1052 Twenty-sixth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Simmons, John P., House
1113 27th St. - Des Moines - 11/1/1988

Sixth and Forest Historic District
Jct. of 6th and Forest Aves., NE and NW corners
Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Smouse, David W., Opportunity School
2820 Center St. - Des Moines - 10/24/2002

Southeast Water Trough
SE 11th and Scott St. - Des Moines - 10/8/1976

Southwest Fifth St. Bridge
SW Fifth St. over Raccoon R. - Des Moines - 5/15/1998

St. Ambrose Cathedral and Rectory
607 High St. - Des Moines - 3/30/1979

Stevenson, Samuel A. and Margaret, House
2940 Cottage Grove Ave. - Des Moines - 1/3/1985

Stoner, Thomas I., House
1030 56th St. - Des Moines - 2/12/1992

Stuart, Dr. Richard and Paulina, House
1060 Twenty-fifth St. - Des Moines - 9/8/1988

Studio Building
524 E. Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 11/14/1978

Sylvan Theater Historic District
In Greenwood Park on W side of 45th St., 1 block S of jct.
with Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 8/15/1995

Syndicate Block
501 E. Locust - Des Moines - 10/1/2001

Teachout Building
500-502 E. Locust St. - Des Moines - 4/29/1999

Terrace Hill
2300 Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 6/14/1972

Theodore Roosevelt High School
4419 Center St. - Des Moines - 10/24/2002

Trent-Beaver House
1802 6th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/25/1996

Trier, Paul J. and Ida, House
6880 N.W. Beaver Dr. - Johnston - 11/9/1988

Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
1548 8th St. - Des Moines - 4/23/1998

Turner, Susie P., Double House
1420-1422 8th St. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

U.S. Post Office
2nd and Walnut Sts. - Des Moines - 11/19/1974

Vail, Mrs. Marian D.-Prof. Charles Noyes Kinney House
1318 27th St. - Des Moines - 11/1/1988

Valley Junction-West Des Moines City Hall and Engine House
137 5th St. - West Des Moines - 2/17/1983

Veneman's Bungalow Court Historic District
1101-115 Droukas Court, 1228, 1232 E. 12th St. - Des Moines - 11/21/2000

Wallace, Henry, House
756 16th St. - Des Moines - 5/14/1993

Warfield, Pratt and Howell Company Warehouse
100 West Court Ave. - Des Moines - 5/15/1985

Weitz, Charles H. and Lena May, House
1424 5th Ave. - Des Moines - 10/22/1998

West Chester
3520 Grand Ave. - Des Moines - 1/19/1984

West Ninth Streetcar Line Historic District
W. Ninth St. from University Ave. to Hickman Rd.
Des Moines - 4/23/1998

Wherry Block
1600-1602 6th Ave. Des Moines - 10/22/1998

Woodland Place Historic District
25th to 27th St. to Woodland Ave. - Des Moines - 11/21/2000

Resources:
The Historic Preservation Commission of Des Moines
The National Register of Historic Places