Merchants Building

Merchants Building is a building in Des Moines Township, Polk, Iowa which is located on 8th Street. Merchants Building is situated nearby to the apartment building Younker Brothers Department Store, as well as near EMC Downtown Park.

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 870 feet east of Merchants Building.

Des Moines Marriott Hotel

Hotel

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The Des Moines Marriott Hotel is a high-rise 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 460 feet northeast of Merchants Building.

Des Moines Public Library

Library

The Des Moines Public Library is the public library system for the city of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is the largest public library system in the state of Iowa, with a collection of 552,576 items housed at six locations. Des Moines Public Library is situated 970 feet west of Merchants Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Des Moines and Downtown Des Moines.

Des Moines

Photo: Stephen Matthew Milligan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Photo: BarbaraLN, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Sherman Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Sherman Hill Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Des Moines. Single-family houses were constructed beginning around 1880 and multi-family dwellings were built between 1900 and 1920.

Merchants Building

Type: Commercial building
Address: 312 8th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309
Categories: building and office
Location: Des Moines Township, Polk, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.58589° or 41° 35′ 9″ north

Longitude

-93.62764° or 93° 37′ 40″ west

Levels

Open location code

86H8H9PC+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 69347163

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

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