The Van Osdel House is a historic house in Mission Hill, South Dakota. It was built in 1912 for Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel,[2] who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865 and was later elected as a member of the South Dakota Legislature in 1877, 1881, 1885, 1899, 1906 and 1907.[3] Van Osdel was also the commander of the South Dakota department of the Grand Army of the Republic, a book collector, an author and a poet; he died in 1936.[3] The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1980.[1]
Van Osdel House | |
_from_SE_1.jpg) The house in 2016 | |
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| Location | In Mission Hill, Mission Hill, South Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 42°55′12″N 97°16′50″W / 42.92000°N 97.28056°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architectural style | Hip Cottage |
| MPS | Northern and Central Townships of Yankton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003747[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1980 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Osdel House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 3, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ a b "Dakota G. A. R. Leader Dies. A. L. Van Osdel Prominent Yankton Resident, Expires". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. July 26, 1936. p. 16. Retrieved August 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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