Teachout Building

Teachout Building
Location 500-502 E. Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates 41°35′24″N 93°36′39″W / 41.59000°N 93.61083°W / 41.59000; -93.61083Coordinates: 41°35′24″N 93°36′39″W / 41.59000°N 93.61083°W / 41.59000; -93.61083
Built 1912
Architect Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson
Architectural style Early Commercial
MPS Architectural Legacy of Proudfoot & Bird in Iowa MPS
NRHP Reference # 99000491[1]
Added to NRHP April 29, 1999

The Teachout Building is an historic building located in the East Village of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

History

Horace E. Teachout, for whom the building was named, was a developer who helped plan the East Village.[2] He started planning for what would be the tallest building on the east side of Des Moines in 1911, and it would be completed a year later. The Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson designed the building in the Early Commercial style.[1] A renovation of the building was begun in the 1970s, but was not completed because of the completion of the MacVicar freeway, Interstate 235, allowed people to bypass the area for other parts of the city and suburbs and made this section of Des Moines less desirable.[2] It sat empty until it was eventually renovated in the 1990s. It currently houses retail businesses, offices and a private residence on the sixth floor.[2]

See also

The following are other buildings in the East Village that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "History". East Village Des Moines. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
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