Des Moines council to consider Fairground Hardware building demolition
The Des Moines City Council will decide Monday if a plan to demolish the Fairground Hardware building should be referred to a preservation board.
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The Des Moines City Council will decide Monday if a plan to demolish the Fairground Hardware building should be referred to a preservation board.
The owner of the 127-year-old east-side building, Rueter Farms Inc., has told city staff it intends to demolish the Fairground Hardware building.
With a crumbling facade, the 127-year-old building has been declared a public nuisance and could be lost to history if a new owner doesn't step up.
Younkers, Montgomery Ward and Utica are shops of Des Moines' past. But for longtime residents, memories of holiday shopping downtown still stand out.