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Ayrshire Apartments

Coordinates: 41°36′39″N 93°37′31″W / 41.61083°N 93.62528°W / 41.61083; -93.62528
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Ayrshire Apartments
Ayrshire Apartments is located in Iowa
Ayrshire Apartments
Ayrshire Apartments is located in the United States
Ayrshire Apartments
Location1815 6th Ave.,
Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates41°36′39″N 93°37′31″W / 41.61083°N 93.62528°W / 41.61083; -93.62528
Arealess than one acre
Built1920
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPSTowards a Greater Des Moines MPS
NRHP reference No.96001144[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1996

The Ayrshire Apartments is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1920 as a fireproof apartment hotel. The three-story building was designed in the Tudor Revival style, represented by the half-timbering on the third floor. All 36 units include a kitchenette, a Murphy bed in the living room, and a built-in clothes closet.[2] The end units on each floor are larger than the interior units and they include a solarium. The building is located on Sixth Avenue, which by the turn of the 20th century had become a major route utilized by vehicular traffic and streetcar lines. Its proximity to this transportation corridor illustrates the emergence of higher and denser residential use in these areas of Des Moines.[2] The apartment building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as a part of the Towards a Greater Des Moines MPS.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b William C. Page. "Ayrshire Apartments". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-09-22. with photo(s)