Hawkeye Insurance

209 4th Street

Completed in 1869

Architect: William Foster

NRHP 1986

Renovated in 1985 by Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson in 1913 to convert the building into the Hawkeye Hotel

Oldest existing commercial building in downtown

Architect William Foster had his office in the building until 1871

Hawkeye Insurance Company was the first successful casualty insurance company in Des Moines and was established by Ebenezer Jared Ingersoll, a lawyer

Renamed the Roxie Hotel by 1957 and converted into apartments in the 1960s

1985 rehabilitation: Douglas Sires

Beginning in 1985 it was redeveloped for offices