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Gov. Rounds announces historic preservation grants
PIERRE, S.D. -- Gov. Mike Rounds has announced that historic preservation projects in Dell Rapids, De Smet, Faith, Hot Springs, Kadoka, Menno, Mitchell, Redfield, Sioux Falls, the Spearfish vicinity, Stockholm, and Wessington Springs recently received matching preservation grants from the South Dakota State Historical Society.
The grants are awarded through the State Historical Society’s Deadwood Fund Grant Program. 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 State Historical Society’s Historic Preservation Office at the CulturalHeritageCenter in Pierre.
“This is the eleventh year for this historic preservation grants program,” Gov. Rounds said. “We are distributing over $103,000 this year between 12 projects which will result in a total public-private investment of over $207,000. This program is designed to encourage restoration or rehabilitation of historic properties and is one more way we can promote and protect our history and culture through 2010 and beyond."
The following projects received grants:
* Grand Opera House, Dell Rapids, $12,000 for window and door repair;
* Surveyor’s House, De Smet, $4,000 for roof restoration;
* Minneapolis Brew Company Warehouse, Faith, $10,000 for exterior rehabilitation;
* State Veteran’s Home Barn, Hot Springs, $10,000 for exterior and interior stabilization and rehabilitation;
* Pearl Hotel, Kadoka, $12,000 for total restoration;
* Schmitt House, Menno, $3,350 for repairing porch and windows, and for painting;
* Mitchell Carnegie Library, $15,000 for roof and dome repair;
* Redfield Fire Station, $8,513 to reshingle roof;
* Sioux Falls Coliseum, $12,000 to restore façade, window openings;
* Anderson House at Frawley Ranch National Historic Landmark near Spearfish, $10,000 for interior rehabilitation;
* BrownEarthIndianChurch near Stockholm, $3,000 for bell tower and belfry rehabilitation; and
* Wessington Springs Fieldhouse, $4,042 for tuckpointing and window/door repair.
For more information on the South Dakota State Historical Society’s 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 www.sdhistory.org HP/histpres.htm.
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The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Tourism and State Development and strives to help the state meet the goals of the 2010 Initiative by enhancing history as a tool for economic development and cultural tourism. The society is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the society’s world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit www.sdhistory.org for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.