The county courthouses in Burke and Miller recently received a matching historic preservation grant from the South Dakota State Historical Society.
The Gregory County Courthouse, c. 1934; received $20,000 to assist in repointing and masonry repairs. The Gregory County Courthouse was built in Burke in 1934 and was designed in the Art Deco and Prairie style by Mitchell architect Walter J. Dixon and built by the Henry Carlson Construction Company.
The Hand County Courthouse, c. 1926; received $10,000 to assist with plaster repairing of ornate plaster. The Hand County Courthouse in Miller was completed in 1926. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for its role as the symbolic and functional seat of the county government and for its Art Deco style, designed by John G. Ralston, which retains a high degree of historic integrity.
Ted M. Spencer, State Historic Preservation Officer, says the grants are awarded through the State Historical Society’s Deadwood Fund grant program.
The following projects also recently received grants to supplement their work:
- Pierre (Hughes County): Pierre First United Methodist Church, c. 1910; received $10,000 to assist in stained-glass window repairs
- Tabor (Bon Homme County): Tabor Log School Building, c. 1872; received $5,000 to assist in general log cabin repairs.
- Mitchell (Davison County): Western National Bank Building, c. 1906-1907; received $15,000 to assist in window repairs.
- Yankton (Yankton County): Yankton Post Office Building, c. 1904-1905; received $20,000 to assist with repointing and masonry repairs.
- Aberdeen (Brown County): Citizens Bank Building, c. 1910; received $15,000 to assist with repointing the exterior of the building.
These new recipients represent a total award amount of $95,000 with matching funds of $334,851. Resulting in a total public-private investment of $429,851. These figures are reflected in the total 2021 statistics above.
Funding for the program is from Deadwood gaming revenue earmarked by state law for historic preservation projects throughout the state. The program is administered by the society’s State Historic Preservation Office at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.
Deadwood Fund grants are awarded twice a year, with grant application deadlines of Feb. 1 and Oct. 1. They are reviewed at the spring and winter meetings of the State Historical Society’s board of trustees. For more information on the Deadwood Fund grant program, contact the State Historic Preservation Office at the Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217; telephone (605) 773-3458; or website history.sd.gov/Preservation.
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