Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel

Historic church in South Dakota, United States

United States historic place


Glidden, Josephine Martin, Memorial Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


43°32′37″N 96°41′58″W / 43.54361°N 96.69944°W / 43.54361; -96.69944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924
Architect	Hugill & Blatherwick
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001732^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 25, 1987

The Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel is a historic church at 2121 E. Twelfth Street in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was built in 1924 and was added to the National Register in 1987.^[1]

It was deemed notable as "a good example of funerary architecture in a gothic style with Romanesque features."^[2]

Located at the entrance to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, it has also been known as Mt. Pleasant Chapel.^[2]

Story of the chapel:

"1904, it was then that Daniel Smith Glidden was asked to serve on the board of trustees for the Mt Pleasant Cemetery Association. Josephine, the more action-oriented member of the Glidden team, became interested in her husband’s responsibilities. In 1912, Daniel passed and Mt Pleasant Cemetery became a regular visiting place for Josephine.

After her death on Christmas Day 1921, it was revealed that Josephine left Mt Pleasant Cemetery Association a gift of $13,000 to build a memorial known as the Glidden Memorial Chapel today.

The cemetery board had been seeking to erect a suitable building in the cemetery for a chapel, lavatory, and shelter house for a number of years, as documented in July 3, 1899 meeting minutes. Body storage was a real problem and a yearly headache for undertakers and cemetery Sextons as it was too hard and too costly to dig graves when the ground was frozen in the winter. On July 15, 1901, it was reported that “the committee appointed to investigated the matter of erecting a chapel and vault-building reports that the cost of such a building is beyond the present ability of the association and the matter is dropped.”

Long-time family friend of the Glidden's and President of the cemetery board at the time, Dennis L McKinney wasted no time in contacting architectural firms and called a special meeting of the board on Feb. 24, 1922. The drawings and ideas of architects Hugill and Blatherwick were accepted with the understanding that the construction costs shall not exceed the sum of $13,000. April 7, 1922, Carlson & Snitky Contractors bid $12,975."^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b William L. Webster; John Rau (February 20, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel / Mt. Pleasant Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2018. With six photos from 1986-87.
^ https://www.mtpleasantsf.com/glidden-chapel/

National Register of Historic Places in Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Districts

All Saints Historic District
Cathedral Historic District
Dell Rapids Historic District
Dell Rapids Residential Historic District
Hayes Historic District
McKennan Park Historic District
Old Courthouse and Warehouse Historic District
Sherman Historic District
Sioux Falls Downtown Historic District
Slip Up Creek Homestead
Split Rock Creek Park Historic District
Terrace Park and Japanese Gardens
Thompson Farmstead
Tolefsons Beef Stock Farm
Willow Grove Farm

Buildings

Commercial and Industrial	Berg and Estensen Store 330 S. 1st Ave. 529 N. Main Carpenter Hotel Dell Rapids Warming House Farley-Loetscher Company Building Farley-Loetscher Company Building I First National Bank of Garretson Andrew Kuehn Warehouse L & A Baking Company L.D. Miller Funeral Home John Mundt Building Orpheum Theatre R.F. Pettigrew and S.L. Tate Building Phillips Block Plumbing Supply Company Dr. Fredrich A. Randolph Block Security Bank Building Shriver-Johnson Building Sioux Falls Light and Power Hydro Electric Plant Sioux Falls National Bank Building Gina Smith Campbell Bathhouse Stock Yards State Bank and Tri-State Wholesale Grocery Co. Texaco Super Service Station John W. Tuthill Lumber Company
Education	All Saints School Main Building Augustana College Historic Buildings Carnegie Free Public Library Carnegie Public Library Glidden-Martin Hall Grand Lodge and Library of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Jorden Hall South Dakota School for the Deaf Washington High School
Government	Central Fire Station East Site Fire Station and Branch Library Federal Building and United States Courthouse Odd Fellows Home of Dell Rapids Old Minnehaha County Courthouse South Dakota State Penitentiary Historic Buildings South Side Fire Station No. 3
Religious	First Congregational Church Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel Renner Lutheran Sanctuary St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Residential	Andrew O. Huseboe House Austin-Olson Farm Berdahl-Rolvaag House Blackstone Court Apartments^† Marion E. Bowen House Brooks Brothers Home Margaret Burger Apartment House Edward Coughran House E.J. and Alice Daniels House Harrison DeLong House Ole E. Fauske House The Gloria House Orlan A. Hayward House Hans J. Hilmoe Barn LaSalle Apartments Daniel Lund House William G. Milne House Parmley-Pankow House Presentation Children's Home Grant J. Reynolds House Shafer Round Barn R.D. and Mary Springer House Stadum-Green House Dr. Steven's House Charles A. Thomas House Laura M. Welch House Williams Piano Company House
Transportation	Illinois Central Passenger Depot Rock Island Depot