Rendering of remodeled Legacy Plaza Building. (Slingshot Architecture photo)
Historic buildings that used to be part of Maytag’s campus in Newton will be renovated into a hotel and an apartment building.
The former Maytag campus was donated to Des Moines Area Community College in 2016 — nine years after Maytag closed. The college has sold nearly four acres to a Des Moines developer who plans to repurpose four buildings and open the hotel and apartments next year.
Kim Didier, the executive director of business resources for DMACC, says the two buildings that will become a boutique hotel have “The Maytag Company” written in large letters along the rooftops.
“Very iconic for the community and for Maytag over the years,” she says.
The two buildings were built in the early 1900s. Another building nearby, completed in 1914, will be converted into 70 apartments. “A brick…
