The Fleming Building is an historic building located in downtown

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

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. It was listed on the

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in 2002.

Architecture

The structure is an eleven-story office building that rises above the ground. The Chicago architectural firm of D.H. Burnham and Company designed the building in the early

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style and it was completed in 1909. It is one of the earliest steel-framed buildings in Iowa. Elements of the Beaux-Arts style are found in the building's proportions and details, which is typical of the Burnham Company's work.

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