Historic Buildings -- South Dakota

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This series includes architectural drawings for historical buildings and sites. Most plans are for renovation or restoration purposes. Drawings were made between 1867 and 1984.

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This collection contains seven maps of the Anderson Dairy Ranch (Frawley Historic Ranch National Historic Landmark) located in the Centennial Valley, Lawrence County, South Dakota. These maps were drawn by Spencer and Sharon Ruff with the measured drawings by Travis S. Ruff. The maps are clear plastic with black lettering and measure 36” by 23”. The maps were created in 1998.

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This series consists of two architectural survey drawings of the former gold mining complex, Reliance Mill, and small neighboring residential complex of Stanley City in Lawrence County.

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This series contains the original architectural plans for the Hyde Grand Opera House in Pierre, SD from 1906. The building was owned by Charles L. Hyde and designed by Jeffers & Henry, an architectural firm located in Aberdeen, SD.

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This accession contains three booklets which cover information on South Dakota structures from about 1870 through the year 1979.

This accession contains three booklets, all of which were either written for or published by the State Historic Preservation Office.

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This series consists of copies of blueprints showing the original design and layout of Building 71 at Fort Meade, known historically as the Sergeant Major’s House. The original drawings were created in 1945 and are stored at Fort Meade.

Scope and Contents Consists of a single report on locating documentation for professionally designed buildings in South Dakota published by the Historical Preservation Center and the Siouxland Heritage Museums in 1984. The guide contains information on resources such as the Historical Preservation Center’s card index on builders, agencies and published resources (private academies, public colleges and universities, public and private schools and hospitals, state and federal buildings, correctional...

Scope and Contents This series contains two sets of Historic American Building Survey architectural drawings for buildings in White Lake, South Dakota. The drawings were created in 2011 by Miller Dunwiddie Architecture, Inc. for the Aurora County Prairie Winds Project. They document building floor plans and materials used, but are not detailed construction blueprints. MD 40D, Folder 9 Patten Consolidated School, 37196 241st Street, White Lake, South Dakota MD 40D,...

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This collection contains newspaper articles; correspondence; the abstract of title dated 1919; the opinion on abstract of title dated 1919; the quit claim deed, 1975; deed by county to land acquired by tax proceeding, 1946; the application for property tax exempt status; and papers related to the transferring of the Mentor Graham House to the City of Blunt.

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This series contains three folders of photocopies of land records, court records, newspaper and journal articles, maps, and other documentation gathered by a contractor while researching the history of the Mortimer Cabin in 2018. The Mortimer Cabin is located near Bruce in Oakwood Lakes State Park.

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This series consists of a weekly list of actions taken on historic properties.

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This series contains historic preservation review and compliance files for various sites in South Dakota including Fall River County, Brookings County, Clay County, and the town of Mitchell, South Dakota. Files include correspondence, blueprints, and reports.

Scope and Contents This series contains the following site reports: 1. “National Register of Historic Places Determination of Eligibility of the Vale Camp, Belle Fourche Irrigation Project, Butte County, South Dakota” 2. “A Level I and Level III Investigation for Lawrence Electronic Site, Lawrence County in the Black Hills of South Dakota”This series contains the following site reports: “National Register...

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This series consists of one VHS tape containing the “Mitchell Historic Buildings: A Shared Community Heritage, 1881-1940” program. Run-time for the program is 00:27:10.