Des Moines Post Office

ID: 274 ~ Date: 1870s
This file appears in: Hoyt Sherman
Des Moines Post Office

Des Moines Courthouse and Post Office building with large fountain in the foreground with approximately 20 people standing between the two. The three-tiered fountain has carved stone(?) swans on the bottom tier holding the second tier up.

Additional Information

Subject

Architecture

Publisher

Iowa Views, Everett & Co., Des Moines

Contributor

Mullett, Alfred B., architect

Relation

Stereopticon Collection, Special Collections, Des Moines Public Library

Format

Stereopticon

Type

Image
This file appears in: Hoyt Sherman

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