Des Moines Saddlery Co.
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Sanborn fire map showing Des Moines Saddlery Co. at 311 W. Court Avenue in 1891. Indicates:
No watchman: lights & power, electric-heat: steam-Grinnell auto sprinklers; throughout both buildings, dry pipe system, primary supply: pressure tank on 5th floor, 4,500 gal. capacity 75 lbs air pressure, secondary city, 6" cunn, to 6"city main, 95 lbs pressure, heads spaced 7'x10'- A.D.T. Supervisory: water gong - steamer connection.
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Des Moines Saddlery Building
The Court Avenue Restaurant and Brewing Co. building has housed many businesses over the years and managed to stay standing through times when many older buildings were razed. It is the last remaining example of a cast iron façade in Des…