A:  Webster County Courthouse (1902), First National Bank Building (1908), and the Wahkonsa Hotel (1910) are all located in the district and are individually listed on the National Register. 

A: There is also a wide variety of architectural styles that reflect the era in which the buildings were constructed. The oldest building in the district is the Reynolds Block (1882) which marks the transition of the business district from the wood frame structures of its settlement period to masonry constriction.

A: A building boom in the early 20th-century replaced many of the cities older commercial buildings. Building heights range from single story structures to eight stories. 

A. Two prominent Des Moines architectural firms, Liebbe, Nourse & Rasmussen and Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson, designed buildings in the district. 

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