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The Chautauqua Park Historic District is located on the north side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. [ 1 ] It is part of the Suburban Development in Des Moines Between the World Wars, 1918--1941 MPS .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
It was founded in 1857 in Iowa City, where it was first affiliated with the University of Iowa. As the organization grew in size and collections, it became a separate state agency headquartered near the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. [2] [3] Since March of 2024, the Administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa has been Valerie Van Kooten. [4]
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. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 6, 2024. [2]
The city of West Des Moines bought more than 19 acres of property for the arboretum in June 2023 for more than $2 million. Schoen and Dan Houston, fellow project co-leader and private donor ...
The Des Moines Civic Opera Association presented the operetta The Flower of Venice in 1937. It attracted an audience of 8,000 people. [2] There was a decline in productions during World War II. The years after the war saw the movement from the city to the suburbs and the rise of television as a form of entertainment.
Des Moines Performing Arts says it is a prospective buyer of the Argonne Armory, a prime piece of city-owned real estate on the edge of East Village. Des Moines Performing Arts looks to buy city ...