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From AbsoluteDSM.com:
It's some of the last of the remaining 1870's era commercial building stock left in downtown.
123 SW 3rd: "The last owner was the Des Moines Iron Company. They moved out in May 2010. The building was originally built as a three-story building in 1878, and was one of Des Moines's earliest hotels downtown. The hotel owner, William Zinsmaster, closed the hotel in 1891 due to lack of business. When visitors to DSM arrived on the train at the Rock Island Depot, they would typically exit to the north. With the train and tracks blocking their path to the south, most people went north to the Kirkwood, Randolph, and the other hotels on "Hotel Row".
After closing the hotel, Zinsmaster opened the Des Moines Bakery in the same building. The wholesale bakery occupied the building until 1940, when a large fire damaged the building and required the removal of the entire third floor.
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