Reconnaissance-Level Survey of Roberts County, South Dakota

Leggo, Christine

Abstract: "The Reconnaissance-Level Architectural Survey of Roberts County, South Dakota was conducted by Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT). The purpose of the project is to provide a comprehensive record of properties that are potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and to update the record of those properties previously surveyed in Roberts County. Survey forms and a copy of this report will be on file at the State Historical Society of South Dakota. The survey and report were conducted and prepared in accordance with the South Dakota Historic Resource Survey Manual, 2006 revised edition. The survey was conducted under the direction of Christine Leggio, Senior Architectural Historian. Fieldwork was conducted by Ms. Leggio, Sarah Johnson, Architectural, and Caitlin Herrnstadt, Architectural Historian with contract oversight by Mary Alfson Tinsman. Ms. Leggio, Ms. Johnson, Ms. Herrnstadt, and Ms. Alfson Tinsman are all qualified as Architectural Historians under the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards. Fieldwork occurred between August 7 and August 19, 2017. The survey encompassed the whole of Roberts County. A total of 440 historic properties, including 372 structures, 65 bridges, and three cemeteries, had been previously recorded in Roberts County. Of those, 144 properties were listed in or recommended eligible for listing in the National Register Of Historic Places; 213 were recommended not eligible; and 83 were unevaluated. Seventy-eight of the previously recorded properties were surveyed within the last five years and were not revisited as part of this project. The reconnaissance survey therefore revisited 362 of the previously recorded historic properties. Of those 80 are listed in or are recommended eligible for listing in the National Register, 206 are recommended not eligible due to diminished historic integrity, and 52 were found to have been demolished. Twenty-four of the previously recorded resources either could not be located or were not sufficiently visible from the public right-of-way to make an eligibility recommendation and are recommended for additional fieldwork. The reconnaissance survey also documented 10 previously unrecorded properties that are recommended potentially eligible for the National Register." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the South Dakota State Historical Society, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P17AF00031).

Reconnaissance-Level Survey of Roberts County, South Dakota

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