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	Hippee Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Hippee Building viewed from the southeast
	Location within Iowa Location within the United States
Location	206 6th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates	41°35′07″N 93°37′28.5″W / 41.58528°N 93.624583°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architect	Sawyer and Watrous
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	100002325
Added to NRHP	April 17, 2018

The Hippee Building, also known as the Southern Surety Building, the Savings and Loan Building, and the Midland Building, is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was completed in 1913 by George B. Hippee, whose father George M. Hippee was one of the first merchants in Des Moines.^[2] George B. developed the first interurban railway in the city and it connected Des Moines to other communities in central Iowa. The 172-foot (52 m), 12-story structure was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Sawyer and Watrous in the Early Commercial style.^[3] At the time of it completion, the building was Iowa's tallest skyscraper.^[2] It was used as an office building until the Aparium Hotel Group of Chicago acquired it in 2017 and began converting the building into a 138-room hotel.^[2]^[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.^[1]

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1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
1 2 3 Kim Norvell (March 8, 2018). "Des Moines gives $4 million to developers renovating the Midland Building into a hotel". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
↑ "Midland Financial Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
↑ Joel Aschbrenner (February 23, 2017). "Downtown Des Moines building sold to hotel developer". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Norvell-2] 1 2 3 Kim Norvell (March 8, 2018). "Des Moines gives $4 million to developers renovating the Midland Building into a hotel". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

[emporis-3] "Midland Financial Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

[Aschbrenner-4] Joel Aschbrenner (February 23, 2017). "Downtown Des Moines building sold to hotel developer". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

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v t e Historic buildings and structures in Des Moines, Iowa
Apartment buildings	Ayrshire Apartments Bryn Mawr Apartments The Elmwood-The Oaks-The Birches Franklin Apartments Hallett Flats–Rawson & Co. Apartment Building Kromer Flats The Lexington The Maine Murillo Flats The New Lawn Norman Apartment Building Plymouth Place
Civic buildings	Des Moines Fire Department Headquarters-Fire Station No. 1 and Shop Building Fire Station No. 4 Iowa Commission for the Blind Building Iowa State Capitol Iowa State Historical Building Municipal Building Polk County Courthouse Public Library of Des Moines United States Courthouse U.S. Post Office
Commercial buildings	American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building Apperson-Iowa Motor Car Company Building Argonne Building Baker-Devotie-Hollingsworth Block Burnstein-Malin Grocery D.S. Chamberlain Building Clemens Automobile Company Building Des Moines Building Earle & LeBosquet Block Elliott Furniture Company Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa Building Financial Center Office Building Fleming Building Flynn-Griffin Building Hawkeye Insurance Company Building Hippee Building Hohberger Building Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Des Moines Building Homestead Building Hubbell Building Iowa-Des Moines National Bank Building G.W. Jones Building Liberty Building Perry and Brainard Block Register and Tribune Building Seth Richards Commercial Block Ruan Center & Carriers Building Rumely-Des Moines Drug Company Building Sargent's Garage Studebaker Corporation Branch Office Building Syndicate Block Teachout Building Walnut Tire and Battery Co.-Globe Publishing Company Building Wherry Block Youngerman Block Younker Brothers Department Store
Education	Abraham Lincoln High School Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School Grand View College (Old Main) Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall David W. Smouse Opportunity School Theodore Roosevelt High School
Hotels	Hotel Fort Des Moines Hotel Kirkwood Hotel Randolph Northwestern Hotel Savery Hotel
Industrial buildings	Boyt Company Building Crane Building Des Moines Saddlery Company Building Des Moines Western Railway Freight House Firestone District Office and Warehouse Grocers Wholesale Company Building L. Harbach and Sons Furniture Warehouse and Factory Complex Hawkeye Transfer Company Warehouse Herring Motor Car Company Building Iowa Ford Tractor Company Repair and Warehouse Building Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation Building National Biscuit Company Building Schmitt and Henry Manufacturing Company Standard Glass and Paint Company Building Taft-West Warehouse Warfield, Pratt and Howell Company Warehouse
Structures	Court Avenue Bridge Allen Hazen Water Tower Southeast Water Trough Southwest Fifth St. Bridge
Miscellaneous	Des Moines Art Center Fish and Game Pavilion and Aquarium Masonic Temple of Des Moines Scottish Rite Consistory Building
National Register of Historic Places listings in Des Moines, Iowa List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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