Armory / Auditorium - Sturgis SD

City:: Sturgis, SD
Site Type:: Armories, Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Auditoriums and Arenas, Community Centers
New Deal Agencies:: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Completed:: 1936
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a stately armory / auditorium building in Sturgis, South Dakota, in 1936. The facility is still extant, currently serving as a community center.

[Per DoD survey:] WPA Project Nos. 65‐74‐1701, 165‐74‐2064

Plaque: WPA Project No. 872

Source notes

Plaque

Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (pg. C-179).

"W. P. A. Reviews Its Black Hills Public Building Program," Rapid City Journal, Oct. 6, 1937 (page 3): https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-wpa-projects-black-h/169093809/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 28, 2025.