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Item Title
University of South Dakota, University Hall, Clark Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD
LocationClark Street,
Vermillion, SD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS SD-11
Building/structure dates:
1883 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1884 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1887 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1893 subsequent work
National Register Number: 73001738
Significance: The structure was the first building of higher public education erected in the Territory of Dakota. It was said to be "Scandinavian" in appearance. It was destroyed by fire in 1893, and was immediately rebuilt. Materials and decorations from the buildings at the World Columbia Exposition of 1893 were incorporated in the rebuilt structure.
Subjects
EducationFiresColleges & Universities
Related Names
Dow, W. L.
Boucher, Jack, Photographer
McCown, Susan, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. General view, south (front) elevation
2. South (front) elevation, from southeast
3. South (front) elevation, from southeast, closer
4. South (front) elevation, from southwest
5. South (front) elevation, perspective view
6. Detail of central section, south (front) elevation, from southeast
7. Detail of east elevations of south front
8. Detail of bell tower, south side
9. Detail of east tower, from south
10. Detail of east tower, from southeast
11. Central stairhall, from southeast
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