# Standard Glass and Paint Company Building

Des Moines, IA · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-206b96e2e7` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ia/des-moines-standard-glass-and-paint-company-building/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-206b96e2e7.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-206b96e2e7.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-206b96e2e7

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing | none |

## Quoted support

- **contractor**: “Local contractor J.E. Lovejoy was responsible for its construction.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Standard Glass and Paint Company Building, also known as 10th Street Lofts, is a historic building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States.  Ashton and Ross Clemens, who were brothers, had the building built in 1913 to house their company, which was said to be the largest glass and paint business west of Chicago.  Local contractor J.E. Lovejoy was responsible for its construction.  It was one of several warehouse buildings on the southwest corner of the downtown area. Established by the Clemens brothers, Standard Glass and Paint Company was in existence from 1903 to 1979.  It was Des Moines' leading wholesale and retail supplier of a variety of building and remodeling supplies.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Glass_and_Paint_Company_Building

## Sources

- Standard Glass and Paint Company Building — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Glass_and_Paint_Company_Building

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Standard Glass and Paint Company Building, Des Moines, IA." Record n-206b96e2e7, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ia/des-moines-standard-glass-and-paint-company-building/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_desmoinesstandardglassandpaintcompanybui,
  title = {Standard Glass and Paint Company Building, Des Moines, IA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ia/des-moines-standard-glass-and-paint-company-building/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-206b96e2e7, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.