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The Kingman Addition was platted by the Vermont Land Company in 1889. Brick paving on Cottage Grove began in 1889 and the area was annexed to the city of Des Moines a year later. The paving of Cottage Grove was extended west to 34th Street in 1891 and sewer lines were added in 1894. No houses were added to the district until after 1900.
The I.O.O.F. Valley Junction Lodge Hall No. 604 (1898) and the Valley Junction-West Des Moines City Hall and Engine House (1901) are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References
The industrial buildings were built piecemeal between 1917 and 1944 on the west side of the central business district. The main building (1917) and its addition (1929) are located on the north side of Walnut Street, and the soap plant (1929 & 1942) and the soap plant annex (1944) are located on the south sides of Walnut Street.
Jordan Creek Town Center is a shopping mall in the city of West Des Moines, Iowa. It is the largest shopping complex in the state of Iowa with a total gross leasable area of 1,340,000 square feet (124,000 m 2). [2] It is also the fourth largest shopping complex in the Midwest, and the 24th largest shopping complex in the United States.
Location: 7105 Mills Civic Pkwy. #160, West Des Moines Contact: thekpot.com Hours: Open Sunday through Thursday from noon to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from noon to 10:30 p.m.
Owl's Head was platted in 1888 when the area was part of the town of Greenwood Park. [2] It was annexed by the city of Des Moines in 1890. At the time the subdivision was being developed the city's railways system was being consolidated, expanded, and electrified. One line ran a block north of Owl's Head on Ingersoll Avenue.
Pro tip: Request to see the Caucus Room, filled with mementos over the years such as political comics, Des Moines Register front pages, and a donkey and an elephant squaring off overhead. Location ...
West Des Moines: Polk: Central: School [ website], operated by the West Des Moines Historical Society, mid 20th-century one-room schoolhouse Big Creek Historical Society Museum: Polk City: Polk: Central: Local history: website, located in the historic City Hall Bily Clocks Museum & Antonín Dvořák Exhibit: Spillville: Winneshiek: East: Multiple