Hotel Kirkwood (Des Moines)
- Architect
- H.L. Stevens & Company
- Year
- 1930
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Des Moines, IA
Hotel Kirkwood is a 12-story, 133-foot brick Art Deco hotel built in 1930 by developers E.F. Tagney and S.F. McGinn, designed by the Chicago firm of H.L. Stevens & Company. It replaced an earlier Hotel Kirkwood built on the same site in 1862, and on completion became the largest hotel along Fourth Street's 'Hotel Row,' marking the arrival of the skyscraper hotel to downtown Des Moines. It later became an apartment building known as The Kirkwood.
the building
Replacing an 1862 hotel. The 1930 building rose on the same site as the original 1862 Hotel Kirkwood, near Union Station and the Rock Island Depot, and became the largest hotel on Des Moines' 'Hotel Row' along Fourth Street.
Art Deco detailing. The style shows in the building's massing, its sleek geometric exterior detailing, and the treatment of the cornice, on a 12-story brick structure rising 133 feet.
the style
Art Deco details appear in the building's massing, its geometric exterior ornament, and its cornice treatment, marking the transition to the skyscraper hotel in downtown Des Moines.
More on Art Decothe architect
The hotel was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of H.L. Stevens & Company.
significance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003; the building was later converted into an apartment building called 'The Kirkwood.'
nearby
- United States Courthouse
- Iowa State Capitol
- Des Moines City Hall
- Public Library of Des Moines
- United States Post Office
- Homestead Building