The Nansen Store is an historic retail building at 43713 228th Street in rural Miner County, South Dakota, roughly 8 miles northeast of Howard. The store is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a smaller 1+1⁄2-story structure attached. Although it is uncertain when the first structure was built, a store was on the site in 1903, with what was described as an addition (24' x 32') in 1910, and the building presently standing was fully described in a 1937 mortgage. The larger section has a full-width front porch with a hip roof, and a center entry flanked by large four-pane display windows. The smaller section is to the left of the larger one, also with a gable front. It was originally a Homestead home, probably built about 1890, since the patent for the land was 1889. The first documented operator of the store was Knut Skaar, a Norwegian immigrant.[2]
Nansen Store | |
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| Location | 43713 228th St., Howard, South Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 44°4′50″N 97°28′3″W / 44.08056°N 97.46750°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1903 |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000033[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 25, 2014 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Nansen Store" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 15, 2014.