The Hippee Building, also known as the Southern Surety Building, the Savings and Loan Building, and the Midland Building, is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was completed in 1913 by George B. Hippee whose father, George M. Hippee, was one of the first merchants in Des Moines.[2] George B. developed the first interurban railway in the city and it connected Des Moines to other communities in central Iowa. The 172-foot (52 m), 12-story structure was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Sawyer and Watrous in the Early Commercial style.[3] At the time of it completion, the building was Iowa's tallest skyscraper.[2] It was used as an office building until the Aparium Hotel Group of Chicago acquired it in 2017 and began converting the building into a 138-room hotel.[2][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

Hippee Building
Hippee Building is located in Iowa
Hippee Building
Hippee Building is located in the United States
Hippee Building
Location206 6th Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates41°35′07.1″N 93°37′28.6″W / 41.585306°N 93.624611°W / 41.585306; -93.624611
Arealess than one acre
Built1913
ArchitectSawyer and Watrous
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.100002325[1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 2018

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Kim Norvell (March 8, 2018). "Des Moines gives $4 million to developers renovating the Midland Building into a hotel". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ "Midland Financial Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved 2018-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Joel Aschbrenner (February 23, 2017). "Downtown Des Moines building sold to hotel developer". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved 2018-04-21.