Sioux Falls Sites

"The new city hall is three stories and a basement in height and houses all of the municipal offices, including the police, health, and water departments, as well as the judicial offices, a jail, a garage, and an auditorium seating 400. The structure is fireproof throughout, with a steel frame and reinforced concrete floor and roof slabs. The exterior walls are face brick trimmed with stone and granite. All sash are metal. Small spots of carved stone ornament are used over the main-entrance door. The building was completed at the end of July 1936 at an approximate project cost of $432,000."

A three-piece fresco was painted byEdwin Boyd Johnson in 1936 for Sioux Falls's brand-new city hall. The work is still extant and housed in the Commissioners Room.

The court house and post office was constructed in 1895 and an addition was added in 1932. In 1941, federal funding supplied the building with a new elevator.

A storm sewer construction project in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $24,100 loan and $7,400 grant; the total cost of the project was $30,453. Work occurred between December 1934 and July 1935. (PWA Docket No. SD 1608)

Multiple substantial road improvement project in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $53,182 grant for one street improvement project, whose total cost was $125,412. Work occurred between December 1936 and October 1937. (PWA Docket No. SD 1114) The PWA supplied a $69,955 grant for a paving project, whose total cost was $152,014. Work occurred between September 1938 and July 1939. (PWA Docket No. SD 1194)