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Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease)
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National Register of Historic Places

Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease)

Also known as Wilkins Building

On the National Register since 20188 years
Listed 2018Des Moines
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About Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease)

Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease), at 713 Walnut St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 4, 2018. The Register lists it for its commerce, at the local level. 24 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, USA. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

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713 Walnut St., Des Moines · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease)Start here
  2. 2Flynn-Griffin BuildingBuilding · next door
  3. 3Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa BuildingBuilding · next door
  4. 4Liberty BuildingBuilding · next door
  5. 5Ruan Center & Carriers BuildingBuilding · next door
Around it

47 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BNational Biscuit Company BuildingClassical Revival0.1 miBClemens Automobile Company BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19160.1 miBIowa-Des Moines National Bank BuildingModerne0.1 miBHubbell BuildingSkyscraper0.1 miBGrocers Wholesale Company BuildingCommercial0.2 miBStandard Glass and Paint Company BuildingClassical Revival0.2 miBHotel Fort Des MoinesBuilding0.2 miBHerring Motor Car Company BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19120.2 miBFleming BuildingCommercial0.2 miBPolk County CourthouseBeaux Arts0.2 miBTaft-West WarehouseCommercial0.2 miBEarle & LeBosquet BlockClassical Revival0.2 miBBoyt Company BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.2 miBHotel RandolphClassical Revival0.2 miBHawkeye Insurance Company BuildingCommercial Italianate · Built 18690.2 miBYoungerman BlockLate Victorian0.2 miBMasonic Temple of Des MoinesBeaux Arts0.2 miBSavery HotelGeorgian Revival0.2 mi
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BHome Federal Savings and Loan Association of Des Moines BuildingBuilding0.2 miBSt. Ambrose Cathedral and RectoryRomanesque Revival · Built 19400.2 miBHawkeye Transfer Company WarehouseCommercial0.3 miBSchmitt and Henry Manufacturing CompanyCommercial0.3 miBRumely-Des Moines Drug Company BuildingChicago Commercial0.3 miBMack-International Motor Truck Corporation BuildingBuilt 19240.3 miBDavidson Bros. Company Warehouse and Manufacturing BuildingBuilding0.3 miBDes Moines Saddlery Company BuildingCommercial Italianate0.3 miBHomestead BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18930.3 miBMethodist Deaconess Institute-Esther HallColonial Revival0.3 miBSt. Paul's Episcopal ChurchLate Victorian0.3 miBAmerican Republic Insurance Company Headquarters BuildingBuilding0.3 miBHubbell WarehouseClassical Revival0.4 miBIowa Ford Tractor Company Repair and Warehouse BuildingBuilding0.4 miBD.S. Chamberlain BuildingCommercial0.4 miBHallett Flat-Rawson & Co. Apartment BuildingColonial Revival0.4 miBWarfield, Pratt and Howell Company WarehouseWarehouse Construction0.4 miStCourt Avenue BridgeStructure0.4 miBHenshie-Briggs Row HouseLate Victorian0.4 miBPublic Library of Des MoinesBeaux Arts0.4 miBFirst Methodist Episcopal ChurchNeo-classical0.4 miBScottish Rite Consistory BuildingNeo-classical0.4 miBIowa Commission for the Blind BuildingClassical Revival0.4 miBStudebaker Corporation Branch Office BuildingBuilding0.5 miBRegister and Tribune BuildingBuilding0.5 miBWalnut Tire and Battery Co.-Globe Publishing Company BuildingBuilt 19240.5 miBCrane BuildingCommercial0.5 miBApperson-Iowa Motor Car Company BuildingBuilt 19210.5 miBG.W. Jones BuildingBuilding0.5 mi

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Is Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease) on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jun 4, 2018 (Register number 10000079).

Is Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease) a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Iowa has 22 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Terrace Hill, 1.2 miles away.

Can you visit Younker Brothers Department Store (Boundary Decrease)?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.