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The city of Des Moines is the location of 189 properties and districts, including the 2 National Historic Landmarks, and are listed here, while the remaining properties and districts located elsewhere in the county are listed separately. Three properties were once listed but have since been removed.
There are 203 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. The city of Des Moines is the location of 188 of these properties and districts, including the 2 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed separately, while the remaining 15 properties and districts are listed here.
May 30, 1974 (Des Moines: Polk: Training site for black officers in World War I. 8: George M. Verity: George M. Verity (towboat): December 20, 1989 (Keokuk: Lee: One of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.
George "The Chili King" Karaidos Jr. died in 2019. Now the sign that made his nickname a Des Moines landmark is gone, too. Closed since the death of Karaidos, the restaurant just east of the busy ...
A famed Des Moines ice cream shop may be exiting the Ingersoll Avenue home it has occupied for over 100 years. The scoop: Bauder's is "closed for the season" according to signage on its door at ...
Two icons of another era, the Val Air Ballroom and a former Howard Johnson's, are getting set for their next chapters.
The Owl's Head Historic District is a residential area located on the west side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Among its 50 buildings is the former Iowa governor's mansion. The district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. [1]
The Jordan House, built in 1850 and the oldest building in West Des Moines, now serves as both a museum showcasing West Des Moines' history and the office of the West Des Moines Historical Society.