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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA3_phillips-to-the-falls_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The realization of a grand vision to restorethe natural beauty of our city's most historicand important landmark
Falls Park is the city's historic birthplace. The almost mystical allure of the falls has always been a powerful influence. Sioux Fal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C7R_urban-renewal_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Urban renewal was a movement that provided for the development of aging and underutilized city neighborhoods. During the 1960s, light industry and warehouses had begun to move out of downtown Sioux Falls. The area near Seventh Street and the Big S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C7Q_jewett-bros-jewett-warehouse_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
National RegisterofHistoric Places
Constructed in 1899 (with an addition in 1909) by Jewett Bros. to house their wholesale food business, this building was placed on the National Register in 1983 as part of the Old Courthouse and Warehouse Histor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C7P_flooding_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Floods have been common along the Big Sioux River for hundreds of years. The combination of flat land, heavy snows, and spring rains can be disastrous. One of the most devastating floods occurred in 1881. The winter had been particularly harsh, be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C6M_quarries_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
1.2 billion years ago intense heat and pressure transformed pure quartz sandstone into quartzite rock. The sandstone originated from sand deposited on the floor of an ancient ocean. Later, as glaciers moved across the area, large portions of the q…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2Z_the-andrew-kuehn-company_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
Andrew Kuehn built this quartzite building in 1903 for a wholesale grocery distribution center and warehouse. A German, Kuehn came alone to America at age 15 in 1870. After working his way across the midwest, he settled in Sioux Falls in 1900 wher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2I_washington-high-school_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
(side one)
For most of the 119 years between 1873 and 1992, a majority of Sioux Falls children attended one of three successive public schools erected on this site. The first, an unnamed small wood-frame elementary school, was replaced five years…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2G_the-coliseum_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
The City of Sioux Falls purchased this land in 1905 to be used as a Farmer's Market. Architect Joseph Schwarz designed the auditorium. Constructed in 1917 for $218,000 it features Art Deco adornment both inside and out. The main floor and three si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2F_orpheum-theater_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
(panel 1)
On October 2, 1913, the grand opening of the Orpheum Theater at 315 N. Phillips Avenue was a full-dress affair with patrons paying the unheard of price of $5 per seat. First nighters were entertained with a full line-up. Entertainment i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2D_lt-jonas-lien_Sioux-Falls-SD.html
(side one)
After the United States declared war against Spain in 1898, Jonas H. Lien enlisted into the First Regiment of the newly formed South Dakota Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was mustered into federal service at Camp Dewey in Sioux Falls…