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Historic district in Iowa, United States

Sherman Hill Historic District

The Sherman Hill Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

Sherman Hill Historic District
Sherman Hill Historic District · JanetMootz
The place

The Sherman Hill Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Des Moines. Single-family houses were constructed beginning around 1880 and multi-family dwellings were built between 1900 and 1920. The district encompasses 80 acres (32 ha) and 210 buildings and is bounded by 15th Street to the east, High Street to the south, Martin Luther King Parkway on the west, and School Street to the north. The historic district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sherman Hill Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Drake University

    Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It offers over 140 undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, education, law, and pharmacy.

    1.5 km · private university in Des Moines, Iowa · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Iowa State Capitol

    The Iowa State Capitol, commonly called the Iowa Statehouse, is in Iowa's capital city, Des Moines. As the seat of the Iowa General Assembly, the building houses the Iowa Senate, Iowa House of Representatives, the Office of the Governor, and the Offices of the Attorney General, Auditor, Treasurer, and Secretary of State.

    3 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Iowa · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Diocese of Des Moines

    The Diocese of Des Moines is a Catholic diocese in southwestern Iowa in the United States. It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque.

    1.3 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Casey's Center

    The Casey's Center is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Part of the Iowa Events Center, the arena opened on July 12, 2005, at a cost of $117 million.

    1.6 km · multi-purpose arena in Des Moines, Iowa, United States · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    801 Grand

    801 Grand High Rise Building is an office skyscraper in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, operated and managed by JLL Americas and owned by Principal Financial Group. The building was constructed from 1989 to 1991; and at a height of 630 feet and 45 stories, it is the tallest building in both Des Moines and the state of Iowa.

    1.1 km · Skyscraper in Des Moines · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Des Moines Art Center

    The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. It was established in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa.

    3.5 km · art museum in Des Moines, Iowa · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Basilica of St. John, Des Moines

    The Basilica of St. John is a Minor Basilica of the Catholic Church in the Drake neighborhood of Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

    1.1 km · church in Iowa, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Ambrose Cathedral

    St. Ambrose Cathedral is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States.

    1.3 km · church in Iowa, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Drake Stadium

    Drake Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Best known as the home of the Drake Relays, it also serves as the home field of the university's football team.

    2 km · outdoor multiuse sports field at Drake University used from 1925 to present · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Principal Park

    Principal Park, formerly Sec Taylor Stadium, is a minor league baseball stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. It is the home field of the Iowa Cubs of the International League.

    2.4 km · stadium · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sherman Hill Historic District

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Des Moines (DSM), 6 km · Eppley Airfield (OMA), 191 km · Kansas City (MCI), 270 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sherman Hill Historic District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sherman Hill Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,716 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    2,034 km
  3. 03
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,391 km
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  5. 05
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,465 km

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