Yankton College Conservatory, Yankton College Campus, Yankton, Yankton County, SD
Summary
Significance: The college was founded during the Territory's growing educational movement started by church groups and local citizenry determined to bring political, social and economic stability to the frontier. The church groups were primarily Congregationalist, and a Congregationalist minister, Dr. Joseph Ward, was largely responsible for the establishment of the college.
Survey number: HABS SD-14
Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001724
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cary, Brian, transmitter
Boucher, Jack, photographer
McCown, Susan, historian
Location
south dakota, 42.87111, -97.39728
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html