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The SHSI maintains a museum, library, archives, and research center in Des Moines and a research library in Iowa City, as well as several historic sites in Iowa. 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 ...
FIPS code. 19-21000. GNIS feature ID. 465961. Website. www .dmgov .org. Des Moines ( / dəˈmɔɪn / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to ...
The Floppy Show is an American children's television series starring Duane Ellett, broadcast on NBC affiliate WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa from 1957 to 1987. Ellett created Floppy in early 1957 to help teach people how to take care of their pets on the TV show Pet Corner, before moving on to their own show.
Chautauqua Park. 28. Civic Center Historic District. Civic Center Historic District. More images. December 7, 1988( #88001168) Both banks of the Des Moines River from the Center St. Dam to the Scott Ave. Dam41°34′59″N93°36′57″W / 41.583056°N 93.615833°W / 41.583056; -93.615833 (Civic Center Historic District) Downtown. 29.
Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center: Des Moines: Polk: Central: Military: Honors the U.S. Army's first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 Fort Museum: Fort Dodge: Webster: Central: Open air: website, frontier trading post, military and 19th ...
Ola Babcock Miller Building. / 41.59278°N 93.60250°W / 41.59278; -93.60250. The Ola Babcock Miller Building, also known as the State Library of Iowa, is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Iowa State Historical Building.
There are 34 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another 4 properties were once listed but have been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 28, 2024. [2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
April 24, 2013. The Greenwood Park Plats Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1] At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 393 resources, including 277 contributing buildings, one contributing ...