History 1931 des moines Texaco gas station hits the road

An historic East Village gas station took a ride this morning. For nearly eighty years the station has been a fixture at the corner of East Second and Grand in downtown Des Moines.

Today the former Texaco was moved to a temporary home. The land it sat on is being redeveloped into a parking lot. The Des Moines Rehabbers' Club calls the building one of the seven most endangered historic structures in the metro.



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ANYONE FROM THE AREA WANT TO GIVE SOME MORE HISTORY? GREAT STORY TO GET A GROUP TO FINANCE THE MOVE SO IT WAS SAVED

 

I don't know any of the history about the building. But from my understanding, it's not totally "saved" yet. The group who has moved it doesn't have a site to put it on yet. They just got it loaded up and moved before it was destroyed. I should tell them to bring it over to my place. I could always use another garage!!!

 

couple of stories i read they moved it down a few blocks, you think someone local would go to a building move just for the hell of it,

 

that's not what i would call progress. any more pictures or history?

 

dont believe i have ever been by it , hope it gets saved ! just what we need another parking lot !

 

Wouldn't I like to have that dropped off on my property...cool that they are preserving it

 

Very cool building that sits in a cool area known as the "East Village". A few people with enough vision to see the possibilities started buying old, run-down buildings and starting businesses. Clothing stores, coffee shops, music stores, all kinds of stuff and all locally owned. Once it started taking off the city noticed and their "vision" is brand new buildings that sorta-kinda look like the old ones, filled with national chains, expensive condos, and upmarket restaraunts. The Mayor bought this building so he can tear it down to make parking space for a multistory office building next door. Sad story, hope they don't manage to totally ruin a cool and funky part of town.