Municipal Building – Lead SD

City:
Lead, SD

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, City and Town Halls, Firehouses

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Lead, South Dakota’s striking Art Deco Municipal Building was constructed as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression, although construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA; see Lead Historic Preservation). The building “allowed the city to consolidate the various city offices, a courtroom and the fire department under one roof.”

The PWA provided a $31,909 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $79,165. Construction occurred between Nov. 1936 and Dec. 1937.

PWA Docket No. S.D. 1042-R

Source notes

Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 155.

Lead Historic Preservation: https://leadhistoricpreservation.org/walking-tour/featured-properties (accessed Jul. 18, 2022)

Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton and Evan Kalish on July 18, 2022.

Location Info


801 W Main St.
Lead, South Dakota 57754
Lawrence County

Coordinates: 44.350938, -103.772550

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