Sue, The house at 2124 Grand would have been a mansion; it is now an office building, I didn't know but the School District does own it. That street had originally been called Sycamore, but after the mansions were built, the name was changed to Grand. Several of the mansions still exist, but most have been turned into offices. The Governors's home at 2300 Grand, called Terrace Hill, was built about 1860 and is a spectacular home. From about 27th Street and higher, the street is still residential and very nice, Des Moines University (Osteopathic) is at 3200; 3600 Grand is now a large high-rise, higher-priced apartment building; the Art Center is at 4700 Grand. Finding further information would be rather time-consuming, but I'll send your questions on to some others I know who might be able to help. Pat On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:07:32 -0500 "Sue Thielmann" <sthielmann@machlink.com> writes: > Is anyone up on Des Moines history? My husband's grand-uncle, Arthur > Heun, was the architect of a house in Des Moines that I have only > seen called the Brinsmaid House. I am curious if this house still > exists and if so where is it? > > Here is the reference I found to this house in a article about > George Mann Niedecken. "In 1902, Niedecken painted the murals for > the Sedgewick S. Brinsmaid house in Des Moines, Iowa. Designed by > Arthur Heun (1864-1946), the house was heavily influenced by Wright. > It featured leaded glass windows by Orlando Giannini, who executed > work in glass and mosaic for Wright's D.D. Martin house in Buffalo. > Examples of the Giannini glass from the Brinsmaid house are now in > the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York." > > I sounds as if it was a well-appointed house, probably in Prairie > Style. > > Sue > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >