Old Minnehaha County Courthouse

United States historic place


Old Minnehaha County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


43°33′6″N 96°43′43″W / 43.55167°N 96.72861°W / 43.55167; -96.72861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890 (1890)
Architect	Wallace L. Dow
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	73001749^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1973

The Old Minnehaha County Courthouse, located at Main Avenue and 6th Street in Sioux Falls, is the former county courthouse of Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

The courthouse, which was the seat of county government from 1890 to 1962, is one of the oldest buildings in Sioux Falls. The Richardsonian Romanesque building was designed by local architect Wallace L. Dow and built from locally quarried quartzite, a common building material in Sioux Falls at the time. The three-story building features a tall clock tower over the front entrance. The building's doorways are surrounded by Roman archways; the second- and third-story windows are also arched, while the first-story windows are rectangular. The attic windows have decorative dormers aligned with the front walls.^[2]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 1973.^[1]

Old Courthouse Museum

The building is now operated as the Old Courthouse Museum by the Siouxland Heritage Museums Alliance. There are three floors of exhibits about area history and culture, including railroads, Native American artistry and culture, life traveling on the prairie, county towns, the American flag and chairs.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Putz, Paul (March 30, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Old Minnehaha County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved October 25, 2014. Accompanying photo from 1973.

External links

Media related to Old Minnehaha County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
Siouxland Heritage Museums - official site

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