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Title: Hotel Savery Rocket Room, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: The Rocket Room was originally a coffee room remodeled into a restaurant. Looking northwest at an eleven-story limestone and brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. H.L. Stevens & Co. designed the current 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style and it was the third Savery Hotel to be built in Des Moines, opening in 1919. It was later rebuilt in 1930 and renovated extensively in 1999 and in 2016-2017. Verso says: "A Tangney-McGinn Hotel, Home of Famous Food, 'Rocket Room', Bring Your Convention to Des Moines". Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 32484N.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16938

Title: Hotel Savery, A Boss Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: Looking northwest at an eleven-story limestone and brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. H.L. Stevens & Co. designed the current 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style and it was the third Savery Hotel to be built in Des Moines, opening in 1919. It was later rebuilt in 1930 and renovated extensively in 1999 and in 2016-2017. Verso says: "Hotel Savery, A Boss Hotel, 350 Attractive Fireproof Rooms with Both 3 Air-Conditioned Restaurants, omplete Air-Conditioned Convention Facilities". Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16855