FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 31, 2024

CONTACT: Kevin Larsen, Media Director, 605-773-6000. Kevin.Larsen@state.sd.us

State Historical Society awards four historic preservation grants

PIERRE, S.D. – Historic preservation projects in Mobridge, Rapid City, Mitchell, and Yankton have received matching grants from the South Dakota State Historical Society.

These grants are awarded through the State Historical Society’s Deadwood Fund grant program. The program, which is administered by the State Historic Preservation Office, is designed to encourage and assist in restoring or rehabilitating historic properties.

“For the past 28 years, this program has served as a great way to encourage restoration or rehabilitation of historic properties across our state,” said Garry Guan, State Historic Preservation Officer. “It is one more way we can promote and preserve our historic and cultural heritage of South Dakota.”

The following projects are:

• Mobridge (Walworth County): A.H. Brown Library, built 1929-30; received $15,000 to assist in repointing work;
• Rapid City (Pennington County): Rapid City Carnegie Library Building, built 1915; received $15,000 to assist in repointing work;
• Mitchell (Davison County): 123 N. Main, built 1883; received $15,000 to assist in interior structural stabilization; and
• Yankton (Yankton County): Dakota Theatre, built 1902; received $22,000 to assist in façade restoration of ceramic tiles.

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 by calling 605-773-3458.

About the South Dakota State Historical Society

The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Education. The State Historical Society, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution since 2013, 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. For questions or memberships, call 605-773-3458 or visit history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call 605-394-1936 for more information.