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Most Endangered Building List

A charred Sherman Hill mansion and a former one-room schoolhouse have been named to the Des Moines Rehabbers Club's 2008 list of “Des Moines' Seven Most Endangered Buildings”. Click here to see the full list.

Lifting the House - Part One

After holes were knocked in the foundation, large steel beams were inserted all the way through the house from front to back. These beams rested on stacks of wood (each piece was about the size of a railroad tie) called "cribs".

Lifting the House - Part One

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