Houses and mansions in Des Moines
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Des Moines register is houses than any other kind of building, 55 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1884 to 1886. 15 stops, 1.4 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Home of Marshall's Horseradish1546 2nd PlaceBuilding · built 1886 · listed 1998start
- 2William B. Hayes House1547 Arlington Ave.Building · listed 1996334 ft from stop 1
- 3Byron A. Beeson House1503 5th Ave.Building · listed 19960.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Charles H. Weitz and Lena May House1424 5th Ave.Building · listed 1998439 ft from stop 3
- 5Walter M. Bartlett Double House1416-1418 6th Ave.Building · listed 1998372 ft from stop 4
- 6Susie P. Turner Double House1420-1422 8th St.Building · listed 19980.1 mi from stop 5
- 7Julius Scheibe Cottage815 College Ave.Building · listed 19980.2 mi from stop 6
- 8William A. and Etta Baum Cottage1604 8th St.Building · listed 1996171 ft from stop 7
- 9C. H. Baker Double House1700--1702 6th Ave.Building · listed 19960.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Dr. John B. and Anna M. Hatton House1730 7th St.Building · listed 19980.1 mi from stop 9
- 11Chaffee--Hunter House1821 8th St.Building · built 1886 · listed 1998354 ft from stop 10
- 12Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A. Johnstone House1810 8th St.Building · listed 1996131 ft from stop 11
- 13Goode, Lowry W., and Hattie N., First North Des Moines House1813 7th St.Building · built 1884 · listed 1998456 ft from stop 12
- 14Trent--Beaver House1802 6th Ave.Building · listed 1996424 ft from stop 13
- 15William H. and Alice Bailey House1810 6th Ave.Building · listed 1996197 ft from stop 14
1.4 straight-line miles over 14 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ia/des-moines/function-houses/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Des Moines
- The work of Proudfoot & Bird in Des Moines12 stops · 1.8 milesThe record behind every stop attributes it to Proudfoot & Bird. The dated ones went up between 1869 and 1921, and Neoclassical is the label that recurs most across them.
- Victorian houses in Des Moines13 stops · 1.4 milesVictorian is a broad label for the ornamented styles built during Queen Victoria's reign, from 1837 to 1901. The Des Moines examples on this route went up between 1888 and 1896.
- Neoclassical architecture in Des Moines10 stops · 1.7 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Des Moines examples on this route went up between 1912 and 1916.