Unveiling the Time-traveling Testimony

Step inside the 15,000-square-foot, the oldest storyteller on 13th Street, Des Moines, and let its vibrant tales envelope you. Once a sanctuary for Iowa Ford Tractors, and later, a bustling marketplace under H.B Company in 1977, this magnificent structure now awaits a refreshing metamorphosis under the care of the Green Acre Development Company, its latest chapter inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places.

As you stand before this grand, brick Bastion, one can feel the echoes of the past dancing in the wind. Born in 1949 as the Iowa Ford Tractor Company's warehouse, it was a beacon of trust for the farmers, safeguarding and mending their powerful machines. Fate, however, had more in store. In the heart of the 1970s, the H.B. Company unearthed its dormant potential, reborn as a marketplace pulsating with life. Local businesses and individuals flocked here for photographic supplies, candies, sodas, chips, and cigarettes. Time moves swiftly, but this building stands steadfast, to be honored on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 after its acquisition by the Green Acre Development Company.

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Unveiling the Time-traveling Testimony: A Historic Jewel on Des Moines' 13th

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