Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Summary
Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table foundation, and a slate gabled roof. The brick was joined in common bond and, unlike that of most of the other buildings, the mortar was not pigmented with red. The roof rafters had decorative tails.
Survey number: HABS IA-121-Z
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000805
Tags
Date
1910 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Madrid, Chris, transmitter
Location
Fort Des Moines (Iowa), 41.60054, -93.60911
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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