Teachout Building

Coordinates: 41°35′23.7″N 93°36′39.8″W / 41.589917°N 93.611056°W / 41.589917; -93.611056
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Teachout Building
MPS
Architectural Legacy of Proudfoot & Bird in Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.99000491[1]
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1999

The Teachout Building is a historic building located in the

East Des Moines Commercial Historic District.[2]

History

Horace E. Teachout, for whom the building was named, was a developer who helped plan the East Village.

Early Commercial style. It was one of the few high-rise buildings designed by the firm.[3] 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.[4] 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "East Village Added to National Register of Historic Places". Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  3. ^ a b Claudia Cackler. "Teachout Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-10-04. with photo(s)
  4. ^ a b "History". East Village Des Moines. Retrieved 2012-01-17.