For the most part, the buildings are composed of brick with little to no pressed tin cornices or storefronts of ornamental cast ironwork.

[2] Decorative work here features corbelled brick cornices, ornamental blank recessed panels at the parapets, panel and pilaster facade combinations, and a limited but varied range of brick colors.

Many of the newer buildings on the north have an inter-war feeling with structures in the Moderne and Art Deco styles.

604 (1898) and the Valley Junction-West Des Moines City Hall and Engine House (1901) are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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