Sioux Quartzite - Use in Buildings

Use in Buildings

Several mansions and other notable buildings have been built using Sioux Quartzite. These include:

• George W. and Nancy B. Van Dusen House Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1888, 12,000 ft2, National Register of Historic Places 1995
• David Whitney House, Detroit, Michigan, 1894, 21,000 ft2, National Register of Historic Places 1972
• John Pierce House, Sioux City Iowa, 1893, 23 rooms, National Register of Historic Places
• Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis
• Hattie Phillips House, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1885, razed 1966, however foundation reused
• Pipestone City Hall, Pipestone, Minnesota, 1896 now the Pipestone County Museum
• 1884 Syndicate Block, shop buildings in Pipestone, Minnesota
• The Calumet Inn, Pipestone, Minnesota
• The Pipestone County Courthouse, Pipestone, Minnesota, 1902
• Pipestone Carnegie library, Pipestone, Minnesota, 1904
• St. Mary's Catholic Church, Salem, South Dakota
• Rock County Courthouse and Veterans Memorial, Luverne, Minnesota 1888
• Rose Stone Inn, Dell Rapids, South Dakota, 1908
• The Odd Fellows Home of Dell Rapids, Dell Rapids, South Dakota, 1910 National Register of Historic Places 2012
• Old Central School opened is door in 1879 which was later know as Washington High School in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Now bearing the name, Washington Pavilion opened its doors in 1999 as an arts and science center. Sioux Falls South Dakota
• The Old Courthouse Museum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Built in the 1800s.

Perhaps the most unusual construction involved Sioux quartzite and petrified wood. The Pettigrew home and museum

• Thomas and Jenny McMartin home, aka Pettigrew Home and Museum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1889
• The Sioux Falls Carnegie Library is located at 235 West 10th Street in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was built in 1903 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.