American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building | |
Location | 601 6th Ave. Des Moines, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 41°35′24.6″N 93°37′31.1″W / 41.590167°N 93.625306°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1965 |
Architect | Gordon Bunshaft |
Architectural style | Modernist |
NRHP reference No. | 15000917 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 2015 |
The American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was completed in 1965 for the insurance company's headquarters and it continues to serve that purpose. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]
It was designed by the prominent Chicago architect Gordon Bunshaft of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. The Modernist building has no widows on its east and west elevations. The windows on the north and south elevations allow in daylight and keep out radiant heat. [3] The eight-story building rises to the height of 107.34 feet (32.72 m). [4]
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