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Hotel Fort Des Moines

  • Address: 1000 Walnut St
  • Vicinity: 10th St
  • Phone: (515) 243-1161
  • Travel Genus: Lodging , Sight
  • Sight Category: Building
  • Lodging category: Casual Lodging


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Hotel Fort Des Moines
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1919/00/00 Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson Architect Built 1918-1919
1927/08/29 Charles A Lindbergh Advocate Charles Lindbergh stays at the Fort Des Moines Hotel Charles Lindbergh's Aviation Promotional Tour
1959/09/23 Nikita Khrushchev Visitor Russian Premiere Nikita Khrushchev's motorcade drives down Keosauqua Way en route to a reception at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines. Khrushchev's US Tour

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Particulars for Hotel Fort Des Moines:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Hotel
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 82002636
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Proudfoot,Bird and Rawson
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: early 20th cent. hotel arch.
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1918, 1919
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Hotel
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Hotel

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Lodging
Lodging category Casual Lodging
Lodging Style Hotel

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