Des Moines City Hall

400 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA 50309 represents Historic Des Moines City Hall: a riverfront civic landmark that carried the machinery of local government for more than a century before entering its next chapter as an adaptive-reuse opportunity. This RWA is not merely “government infrastructure.” It is a transition asset — a preserved record of the moment when a 1912 municipal building moved from active city command into historic stewardship, redevelopment possibility, and cultural memory. Its one-of-one value comes from location and timing. Set between the Des Moines River, East Village, Grand Avenue, and Locust Street, the building occupies a rare civic edge where government history, riverfront land, public architecture, and downtown reinvention meet. Its Beaux-Arts character, National Register status, and long service life make it a physical archive of public decision-making, city identity, and institutional continuity. As a tokenized RWA, 400 Robert D. Ray Dr is strongest as a provenance record for historic municipal transition: preserving the address before reuse, redevelopment, or reclassification changes its public meaning forever. Within TLAAA, it stands as a captured hinge point between old civic authority and future urban activation. HISTORIC DES MOINES CITY HALL — CIVIC MEMORY AND RIVERFRONT REUSE, PRESERVED ON-CHAIN. Preserved and Archived by Jacob Alan Ervin Lovaas July 5, 2026