--- title: "Sherman Hill Historic District – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Sherman Hill Historic District, United States: The Sherman Hill Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Nearby: Drake University…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sherman-hill-historic-district" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sherman-hill-historic-district.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Theater_Pictures_010.jpg/1920px-Theater_Pictures_010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- 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](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Theater_Pictures_010.jpg/1920px-Theater_Pictures_010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Hill_Historic_District), CC BY-SA 4.0. 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_University) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_Capitol) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Des_Moines) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey%27s_Center) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/801_Grand) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines_Art_Center) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._John_(Des_Moines,_Iowa%29) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ambrose_Cathedral_(Des_Moines,_Iowa%29) 9. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Stadium_(Drake_University%29) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_Park) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Sherman Hill Historic District **Airports:** Des Moines (DSM), 6 km · Eppley Airfield (OMA), 191 km · Kansas City (MCI), 270 km\ - Omaha → Sherman Hill Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/omaha-to-sherman-hill-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omaha&to=Sherman+Hill+Historic+District) - Kansas City → Sherman Hill Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kansas-city-to-sherman-hill-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kansas+City&to=Sherman+Hill+Historic+District) - Chicago → Sherman Hill Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chicago-to-sherman-hill-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Sherman+Hill+Historic+District) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Sherman%20Hill%20Historic%20District) Not yet researched ## 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 1. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,716 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 2,034 km 3. [Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/port-townsend) US 9 ways of moving, 17 sources 2,391 km 4. [Salt Spring Island and the Southern Gulf Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/salt-spring-island) CA 10 ways of moving, 15 sources 2,454 km 5. [Gibsons and the Sunshine Coast](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gibsons) CA 10 ways of moving, 21 sources 2,465 km If you know how people move in Sherman Hill Historic District – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Csherman-hill-historic-district&title=Sherman+Hill+Historic+District&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fsherman-hill-historic-district), and the note gets an entry. 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