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Apperson Iowa Motor Car Company Building

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in the city. Auto dealerships and distributorships leased the building from 1921 to 1951. Architect Harry D. Rawson and his brothers owned the building from 1921 to 1938. The two-story structure is located on a midblock lot in the midst of what was the automobile sales, service, and manufacturing
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district on the western edge of the downtown area. The first floor housed a showroom in the front with offices on a
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Apperson-Iowa Motor Car Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Apperson Iowa Motor Car Company Building is located in Iowa
Apperson Iowa Motor Car Company Building is located in the United States
Des Moines, Iowa
41°35′03.4″N 93°38′7.7″W / 41.584278°N 93.635472°W / 41.584278; -93.635472
Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson
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Architectural Legacy of Proudfoot & Bird in Iowa MPS
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Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson
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