The Randolph Hotel or Hotel Randolph is a nine-story hotel located in
Des Moines
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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Iowa, United States. This hotel was designed and built by the
H.L. Stevens & Company in 1911. It rents rooms for a weekly rate. Most guests are considered long term, meaning they stay for more than thirty consecutive days. The Randolph Hotel is located on the corner of Fourth Street and Court Avenue downtown, along the historic Court Avenue strip.
It is an eight-story hotel "constructed in 1912 as the first tall and only 'absolutely fireproof hotel' in the city" of
Des Moines, Iowa. Ironically there was a fire on 2-19-2010. It is located at 200-204 4th Street in the downtown commercial district of Des Moines.
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The property was added to the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 11, 2009, and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the
National Park Service's weekly list of June 19, 2009.
In 2008, rehabilitation of the building into low- and moderate-income rental housing, to be funded in part by federal and state historic preservation tax credits, was planned.
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{{Historic Des Moines structures
Buildings and structures in Des Moines, Iowa
Economy of Des Moines, Iowa
Hotel buildings completed in 1912
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Des Moines, Iowa
1912 establishments in Iowa