Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record

Scope and Contents This series contains electronic copies of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) documentation of the cabins at Cedar Pass in the Badlands National Park. Documentation includes photographs, drawings, written history, and descriptions. Photographs are saved as TIFF files, descriptions and written history as PDF files, and drawings as PDF files and CAD drawings.

Scope and Contents This series consists of the Historic American Buildings Survey in South Dakota, Parts 1 and 2 on microfiche. The fiche contains photographs, historical narratives and drawings of historic South Dakota structures. Records are grouped by county.

Scope and Contents This series contains photographs, digital photographs, narratives and drawings related to the PrairieWinds Wind Farm project. These records document the Patten Consolidated School and Underwood United Methodist Church as mitigation for an adverse visual effect to the buildings. The documentation was completed for the South Dakota State Archives according to Historic American Building Survey guidelines and standards in February 2011. Container List...

Scope and Contents This series contains photographs, digital photographs, and drawings related to the PrairieWinds Wind Farm project. These records document the Patten Consolidated School, the Underwood United Methodist Church, and a WWII bomb site as mitigation for an adverse effect to the structures. The photographs were taken in 2010, and document the general landscape, as well as the structures.

Scope and Contents This series contains photocopies of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) inventory cards for the Black Hills region. The original cards are filed with the National Park Service. Cards include the structure name, location, date built, property owner, structure description and background, and potential threats. The cards also include maps and photographs which have been poorly photocopied. Also included in the series is a folder of photographic prints, which have been arranged by...

Scope and Contents The accession includes two Historic American Building Survey reports for Ellsworth Air Force Base Site and Readiness Hangar, 26 black and white photographs, and 20 architectural drawings.

Scope and Contents This series contains the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation for the Lower Rapid Valley Irrigation Ditches (SD-5 to SD-13). Materials include correspondence, black and white photographs, and “Written Historical and Descriptive Data” report.

Scope and Contents This folder contains architectural drawings for miscellaneous buildings located in Mystic, South Dakota, Pennington County. The drawings were sponsored for the Historic American Buildings Survey, circa 1986-1987. Buildings include: the Assay Office, the Blacksmith Shop, Cedar Chest and Mondaine Chalet, the Granary, the Ice House, McCahan Memorial Chapel, the Oil House, William Frink's House, and George Frink's Privy.

Scope and Contents This series includes the Historic American Buildings Survey site drawings associated with the Nemo Road Retaining Wall Study (HPO project #980915008F). The drawings document the retaining wall segments located on the site and their significance, as stipulated in the memorandum of agreement’s mitigation requirements.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of unidentified black and white photographs of Ruskin Park, located near Forestburg, SD.These photos were taken by Bill Groethe as part of an Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record project to document Ruskin Park. Ken Stewart was also hired to conduct a historical study for the project. Photos are organized in the box according to the sequence marked on the photos. There are 136 5"x7" photos, and 73 16"x5" photo...

Scope and Contents This collection is of photos of buildings and survey maps of the area known as Ruskin Park. Ruskin Park is located on private land near Forestburg in Sanborn County. Also included is a building photo inventory index. The survey was taken in 1998 to document the area because it was scheduled to be cleared by the Natural Resources and Conservation Service.

Scope and Contents This series contains digital copies of historical reports, aerial photographs, and maps compiled by Anderson Hallas Architects in 2014 to create the final HABS report for Ellsworth Air Force Base Building 88247. Documents outline the history of Ellsworth AFB and, more broadly, of the US missile program of the 1940s-90s. More technical information and analysis on the details and structure of the base’s buildings, specifically but not limited to building 88247, also exists. The data was...

Scope and Contents This accession contains eight measured drawings documenting the Ruskin Park site as it existed in 1999 prior to the removal of the remaining structures for the establishment of a flood easement. The project was sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service under the direction of Lance Rom. Historic research was conducted by Ken R. Stewart, and measured drawings were produced by Wyss Associates, Inc.Ruskin Park is significant because it...

Scope and Contents This series consists of photographs (digital, prints, and negatives), sketches, plans, and other documentation submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to mitigate adverse effects to five historic bridges and structures. These structures include: a Minnehaha County bridge, the Fairfax water tower, a stone culvert on the BNSF railroad near Garretson, the Jerry Bennett farm barn, and the Elwood C. Lyle wind-powered mill.