- City:
- Hill City, SD
- Site Type:
- Auditoriums and Arenas, Education and Health, Civic Facilities, Museums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The striking municipal auditorium on Main Street, Hill City, South Dakota was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938. Originally 50 feet x 100 feet, this poured-concrete building has since received additions on its north and south sides. The distinctive building also bears a unique WPA plaque. WPA Project Number 2934
Also originally called Legion Hall, the building is now home to the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research Museum.
Source notes
Building plaque
"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 Robert Farrar on March 26, 2018.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.
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