100 37th Street Des Moines, IA 50312

PRICED AT $1,500,000

Listing Details

  • $1,500,000
  • MLS# 742062
  • Type Residential - Single Family
  • Status Active
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5 full 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 7,151 Square Feet
  • 2.533 acres Lot Size
  • 1909 Year Built
  • Des Moines Independent Local Schools

Description

The Cowles Mansion is now for sale. It is a rare opportunity to live in home with a significant local history. This magnificent home, built by Gardner Cowles in 1909, the founder of the DM Register, Minneapolis Star Newspaper, and Look Magazine, is set on a 2.5 estate with mature oak trees on a hilltop lot on Mansion Row. The home has 15 rooms, 7,151 SF, 6 BRs, 8 baths, 4 fireplaces, all brick exterior, slate roof, 4 car detached garage/carriage house and a 700 SF in-ground pool installed in 1993. The first floor has 9' ceilings, hardwood floors, a large entry, elegant stairway, huge living room with woodburning FP, parlor/office with woodburning;...read more

Features

  • Cooktop
  • Dishwasher
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Stove
  • Central Air
  • 4 Fireplaces
  • Hardwood
  • Hot Water, Natural Gas
  • 2.0 Stories
  • $27,297 Taxes
  • Public
  • Built in 1909
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All Property Features

  • Property Type: Residential - Single Family
  • Appliances: Cooktop, Dishwasher, Microwave, Refrigerator, Stove
  • Basement: Unfinished
  • Cooling: Central Air
  • Days on Site: 10
  • Exterior: Brick
  • Fireplace: Gas Log, Wood Burning
  • Fireplaces: 4
  • Flooring: Hardwood
  • Garage: 4 car attached
  • Heating: Hot Water, Natural Gas
  • Home Style: Two Story, Three Story
  • Interior Features: Separate/Formal Dining Room, Eat-in Kitchen
  • Laundry: Upper Level
  • Lot Size: 2.53 Acres
  • Parcel#: 09004515004000
  • Parking: Attached, Garage
  • Parking Notes: Attached, Garage
  • Pool: In Ground
  • Roof Type: Slate
  • Sewer: Public Sewer
  • Stories: 2.0
  • Taxes: $27,297
  • Water: Public
  • Year Built: 1909