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Sturgis Commercial Block

Coordinates: 44°24′50″N 103°30′33″W / 44.41389°N 103.50917°W / 44.41389; -103.50917 (Sturgis Commercial Block)
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Sturgis Commercial Block
Sturgis Commercial Block is located in South Dakota
Sturgis Commercial Block
Sturgis Commercial Block is located in the United States
Sturgis Commercial Block
Location1000-1028 Main St., Sturgis, South Dakota
Coordinates44°24′50″N 103°30′33″W / 44.41389°N 103.50917°W / 44.41389; -103.50917 (Sturgis Commercial Block)
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
NRHP reference No.75001719[1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1975

The Sturgis Commercial Block, on the south side of Main Street in Sturgis, South Dakota, is a row of buildings running from number 1000 to number 1028 Main St. It is a historic district consisting of nine contributing buildings which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

Six of the buildings have front facades of cut stone; two are two-story while the rest are one-story. Buildings include:

  • 1008 Main (built in 1898). This one-story cut stone building with three arched openings.[2]
  • 1012 Main (1899). One-story, cut stone, has a triangular cresting at its roof edge.[2]
  • 1016 Main (1899) and 1020 Main (1899). Two identical one-story, cut stone buildings.[2]
  • 7022 Main (1900). Two-story cut stone building which originally had a small second-story balcony.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Scott Gerloff (January 16, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sturgis Commercial Block". National Park Service. Retrieved January 29, 2019. With accompanying eight photos