- City:
- Dell Rapids, SD
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Bathhouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“Stretching back almost a century ago, the residents of Dell Rapids beat the South Dakota heat with a dip in the Big Sioux River. An historic quartzite bathhouse, built in 1934 as a Civil Works Administration project, is the only remaining monument to one of the most popular swimming beaches in the state.”
–City of Dell Rapids
Source notes
City of Dell Rapids web site: https://www.cityofdellrapids.org National Register of Historic Places, Multiple Property Documentation Form, "Federal Relief Construction in South Dakota, 1929-1941." Prepared by Michelle L. Dennis, September 1998.At this Location:
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