Roadside Settlement House Community Laundry

ID: 66 ~ Source: Davidson, Margaret. "Community Laundry of the Des Moines Roadside Settlement House," The Iowa Homemaker: Vol. 7 : No. 4. ~ Digital Source: Iowa State University ~ Creator: Photographer: Hoods, (unknown)
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Roadside Settlement House Community Laundry

Black and white image of the Community Laundry room at Roadside Settlement House with 3 people doing laundry and 3 wooden rotating laundry barrels.

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Civic Organizations
This file appears in: Roadside Settlement House

By DMPL Team
People passing by the large brick building at Southeast Seventh and Scott Avenue in Des Moines may not realize the significance of this structure.  For more than 50 years it was the home of the Roadside Settlement House. Founded in 1896 by the Kings…