Younker Brothers Department Store

The Younker Brothers Department Store was a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

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Type: Apartment building
Description: building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Also known as: “Wilkins Building” and “Younkers downtown”
Address: 713 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 50309

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hippee Building and Des Moines Marriott Hotel.

Hippee Building

Heritage site

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The Hippee Building, also known as the Southern Surety Building, the Savings and Loan Building, and the Midland Building, is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Hippee Building is situated 640 feet east of Younker Brothers Department Store.

Des Moines Marriott Hotel

Hotel

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The Des Moines Marriott Hotel is a skyscraper hotel located in Downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The building rises 33 floors and 365 feet in height. Des Moines Marriott Hotel is situated 450 feet north of Younker Brothers Department Store.

Polk County Courthouse

Courthouse

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The Polk County Courthouse located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. Polk County Courthouse is situated 990 feet southeast of Younker Brothers Department Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Des Moines and Downtown Des Moines.

Des Moines

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Des Moines, capital of Iowa, is in the western region of the American Midwest. Des Moines is the largest city in Iowa and the annual site of the Iowa State Fair and numerous cultural festivals during warm weather months.

Downtown Des Moines

Neighborhood

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Downtown Des Moines is the central business district of Des Moines, Iowa and the Greater Des Moines Metropolitan Area. Downtown Des Moines is defined by the City of Des Moines as located between the Des Moines River to the east, the Raccoon River to the south, Center Street to the north, and 18th and 15th Streets to the west.

East Village

Neighborhood

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Historic East Village is a commercial and residential neighborhood in central Des Moines, Iowa, United States, directly east of the Downtown Des Moines area.

Younker Brothers Department Store

Categories: department store, heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
Location: Des Moines Township, Polk, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.58574° or 41° 35′ 9″ north

Longitude

-93.62683° or 93° 37′ 37″ west

Inception

1899

Levels

Open location code

86H8H9PF+77

OpenStreetMap ID

way 103489541

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q8058696

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