Contact: Nicole Kranzler
For release: Feb. 5, 2003

State Historical Society board approves property tax moratorium applications

PIERRE -- The South Dakota State Historical Society board of trustees recently approved applications for the eight-year State Historic Preservation Property Tax Moratorium for restoration and rehabilitation made to historic sites.

"These approvals are significant because if an historic building qualifies for the tax benefit, an eight-year delay is placed on the property tax assessment of any certified improvements," said Jay D. Vogt, director of the Historical Society’s Historic Preservation Office. "Property tax assessments may not be increased due to certified rehabilitation of the building."

For more information about the State Historic Preservation Property Tax Moratorium, contact the State Historical Society at (605) 773-6005.

Following is a list of the sites approved for the tax moratorium:

• Brookings – Binford Block (aka Kendall Block), 400 Main Ave. 
• Deadwood – Wait House, 61 Forest Ave. 
  • 26 Adams St.
  • Dye House, 24 Adams St.
  • Ogden House, 12 Lincoln Ave.
  • Goldberg’s, 670-672 Main
  • Martin Mason Block, 48 Sherman
  • Wyss Residence, 69 Forest
  • 17 Selbie St.
  • 65 Forest Ave.
• Lead – Lead Central School Campus, 121 Wall St. 
• Pierre – Rowe House, 1118 E. Capitol Ave 
  • Cummings House, 503 N. Euclid Ave.
  • Grand Opera House, 109 S. Pierre St.
• Sioux Falls – Glenski House, 632 W 9^th St.
  • International Harvester Building, 196 E 6^th St
  • Peck-Norton-Murray Block, 120 S Phillips
  • Brooks Building, 132 S Dakota
• Spearfish -- Frawley Ranches, Inc., 6920 Centennial Road 
• Vermillion -- 10 West Main 
  • Citizen’s Bank, 25 West Main
  • 219 Forest Ave
• Wessington Springs – Governor Vessey House, 109 N College Ave 
• Yankton -- 222 Capitol
  • Yankton Middle School Campus, 613 Walnut

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