National Register of Historic Places

Taft-West Warehouse

Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Listed
December 20, 2006
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
06001162

About this property

The Taft–West Warehouse, also known as the C.C. Taft Company Building, Plumb Supply Company, Ben's Furniture Warehouse, and Nacho Mamma's, is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Completed in 1923, this three-story brick structure was built during a transitional period between the dominance of railroads the emergence of trucks servicing warehouses. It was designed by local architectural firm of Vorse, Kraetsch, & Kraetsch. It features cleans lines of the Commercial style as opposed to the fussiness of late Victorian styling that was dominant in a great deal of the city's commercial architecture. The building was also located in the Court Avenue wholesale district, and now it is only one of only five or six that remain extant. The building was constructed for the C.C. Taft Company. This firm and the O.B. West Company that succeeded it in this building, dealt in wholesale fruits, vegetables, candy and tobacco. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Location

216-222 Court Ave.
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
41.58508, -93.62165

Categories

COMMERCEARCHITECTURE
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When was Taft-West Warehouse listed on the National Register?

Taft-West Warehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 2006.

What type of historic resource is Taft-West Warehouse?

Taft-West Warehouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Taft-West Warehouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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