Hippee Building

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. It was completed in 1913 by George B. Hippee whose father, George M. Hippee, was one of the first merchants in Des Moines.[2] George B. developed the first interurban railway in the city and it connected Des Moines to other communities in central Iowa. The 172-foot (52 m), 12-story structure was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Sawyer and Watrous in the Early Commercial style.[3] At the time of it completion, the building was Iowa's tallest skyscraper.[2] It was used as an office building until the Aparium Hotel Group of Chicago acquired it in 2017 and began converting the building into a 138-room hotel.[2][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

Hippee Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	206 6th Ave. Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates	41°35′07.1″N 93°37′28.6″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architect	Sawyer and Watrous
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	100002325[1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 2018

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Kim Norvell (March 8, 2018). "Des Moines gives $4 million to developers renovating the Midland Building into a hotel". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Midland Financial Building". Emporis. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. Joel Aschbrenner (February 23, 2017). "Downtown Des Moines building sold to hotel developer". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved 2018-04-21.