Codington County Heritage Museum

Carnegie Free Public Library building
Nearest city Watertown, South Dakota
Coordinates 44°53′57″N 97°06′49″W / 44.89917°N 97.11361°W / 44.89917; -97.11361Coordinates: 44°53′57″N 97°06′49″W / 44.89917°N 97.11361°W / 44.89917; -97.11361
Built 1906 (1906)
Architect L.E. Brickell
Architectural style Classical revival
NRHP Reference # 76001724[1]
Added to NRHP 18 June 1976

The Codington County Heritage Museum (formerly the Kampeska Heritage Museum) is a museum located at 27 First Avenue Southeast, Watertown, South Dakota, in the Carnegie Free Public Library building. [2]

The Carnegie Library was built in Watertown in 1906 through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation and functioned as a library until 1967 when operations moved to a new building further east in town next to what was then the newly built Watertown Senior High School. A youth group briefly occupied the Carnegie Library building before its use by the Codington County Historical Society.[3]

Codington County Historical Society

The museum is maintained by the Codington County Historical Society. The group was founded in 1970 and was officially incorporated in 1974.[2] They put out a bi-monthly publication for paid members entitled the Codington County Courier. In the past, the publication was called Wagon Wheels.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Codington County Historical Society: Museum". CCHSMuseum.org. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. http://watweb.sdln.net/history-1906.html
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