Tour Campbell Park historic district

The Board of Historic Preservation in Huron will be offering tours of two buildings in the Campbell Park Historic District from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Ron Voleskey will lead tours of the Campbell House, where he once lived, located at 726 Dakota Ave. S., and Allan Sager will lead tours at First Presbyterian Church at 510 Dakota Ave. S.
Refreshments will be served courtesy of board members. The tours are sponsored by the Huron Board of Historic Preservation, the S.D. State Historical Society and the National Park Service.
The Campbell Park Historic District was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and includes an irregularly shaped residential neighborhood of approximately seven square blocks immediately south of downtown.
The area is mostly residential and is characterized by a combination of single-family homes, apartment buildings, churches, two parks, a library, a nursing home, and many historic and contemporary secondary buildings.
Mature trees provide a thorough shade canopy for the district, which contains 66 houses, three apartment buildings, and 20 garages that were built for middle class working families between 1880 and 1948. The houses are constructed of balloon frame and represent many typical examples of local architecture. Although many of the buildings have been altered with contemporary siding materials and other changes, the essence of the district is virtually intact, and the overall integrity of the district is sufficient to demonstrate its historic significance.
Predominant architectural styles are divided among several popular styles, including Queen Anne,  Colonial Revival, Bungaloid, and mixed styles.
The majority of resources in the Campbell Park Historic District have survived decades of time virtually intact.
The eligibility of contributing and non-contributing resources was determined according to National Park Service Standards for evaluating significance. Properties that fell within the period of significance and retained sufficient integrity were deemed to be contributing resources within the district. The period of significance for the district begins in 1880, with construction of the oldest surviving house in the district, and ends in 1948.

First Presbyterian Church

510 Dakota Ave. S.
Built 1914-15
This building is a two-story Classical Revival-style rectangular brick church building. The building is defined by a pedimented entrance portico with three sets of double doors set within four large tapered stone ionic columns on the front (west) façade. An octagonal metal dome is centered on the roof. Corbelled fenestration bays and Jack-arches with stone sills provide further Classical Revival emphasis.
Ornate stained glass windows with geometric and floral motifs are present throughout the building, and leaded glass ocular windows flank the entry portico at the second floor level on the front façade. The cut sandstone foundation is raised, and several steps lead up to the first floor level.
A cornerstone on the building reads “1880-1914 Presbyterian Church.”  A large two-story wing with a bell tower was connected to the south of the building in 1963. It features red brick walls and aluminum awning windows.
The Presbyterians held their first meeing in Huron in May 1880. The first church was built on the northeast corner of Foruth and Wisconsin on a lot given them by the CNWRR. By 1909 the congregation had outgrown the church and a new lot was purchased on the southeast corner of Fifth and Dakota.
Built in 1914-15, the church was gutted by a fire on March 7, 1928, requiring the interior of the church to be rebuilt. The damage was repaird and the church reopened in October of the same year. In 1963 an addition was made to the original structure providing much needed space for meeting and class rooms and offices.  The pipe organ installed in 1928 was replaced with a new organ in 1986.
Since 2012, the dome has been replaced with copper and boarded up windows replaced, the front steps replaced and extended, the east room off the sanctuary has been opened up to it’s original state, the north steps have been replaced, and extensive remodeling to the basement dining room.  Currently the stained glass windows are being refurbished.

Campbell House
726 Dakota Ave. S.
The home at 726 Dakota Ave. S. was built in 1903 as a residence for John W. and Alice C. Campbell. The Campbells lived here until about 1919.  
The Campbells sold the house in 1919 and it was converted into the Samaritan Hospital. Dr. John S. Tschetter operated the hospital in the building until the 1943 fire.  The fire damage was repaired, minus the front pillars and portico, and Dr. and Mrs. Tschetter lived in the home where Dr. Tschetter had his office until 1976.
Ms. Dona Brown purchased the home in 1977 and lived there until 1993. After a brief vacant period, Rosalind J. Angevine purchased the home in 1997, and she and Brian Crabb lived in the home until 2015.
The Historic Preser-vation Board meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month in the City Commission Meeting Room located in the Huron Municipal Building, 239 Wisconsin Ave. S.W.
The board works to promote the use and conservation of historic properties and help in the development of these properties for the education, inspiration and enrichment of the citizens of Huron and the state.
Board members are Allen Sager, chairman; Kelli McFarland, vice chair; Shirley Apley, Nancy Tofflemire, Ron Volesky, Dick Freske, Rey Colon and Bryan Smith.
Meetings are open to the public and anyone interested is invited to attend.
For more information contact Borkowski  at 353-8500.

PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

The historic Campbell House, pictured first, located at 726 Dakota Ave. S., and the First Presbyterian Church, pictured second, on the corner of Fifth and Dakota, will be open for guided tours from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The tours are free and are sponsored by the Huron Historic Preservation Board.