The Schmitt and Henry Manufacturing Company is a complex of three historic buildings located in downtown

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, United States. The complex was built in three stages from 1901 to 1914 by Schmitt-Henry, who manufactured furniture. It was designed by Des Moines architect Harry D. Rawson of the firm

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. Sealy Mattress Company took over the building in 1973 after Schmitt-Henry moved to

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. Hubbell Reality purchased the complex in 1994 for $75.000. Plans were approved in 2009 to convert the complex, as well as the Hawkeye Transfer Company Warehouse, into loft apartments. It was listed on the

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in 2010.

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