Early Churches in South Dakota: A Lasting Legacy
Sebesta RW and Almlie RW. 2018. Early Churches in South Dakota: A Lasting Legacy. South Dakota State Historical Society
From the back of the book: "A testament to the people who built them, churches represent shared religious beliefs, local craftsmanship, and community. Members of the congregations often constructed these buildings from readily available materials to fulfill their visions of faiths, education, and fellowship. Over time, congregations grew, and some hired architects to erect high style churches on the prairie. From simple wood structures to large stone edifices, each building embodies the identity of its worshipers. Over the course of several years and many summer-time trips across South Dakota, Robert W. Sebesta photographed more than six hundred religious buildings built from 1869 to 1930 - many still in use, others long neglected. In Early Churches in South Dakota, he details, decade-by-decade, the early efforts to create these places of worship and the modern-day struggles to preserve them." 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 P18AF00022).
- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Sebesta, Robert; Almlie, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 2018
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Context Statements