Belle Fourche Commercial Historic District

Belle Fourche Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
500 State Street, also called the flat-iron building, used as post office and store
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Location	500-620 State St. (both sides) and 608-622 5th Ave. (even side), Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Coordinates	44°40′20″N 103°51′12″W / 44.67222°N 103.85333°W / 44.67222; -103.85333Coordinates: 44°40′20″N 103°51′12″W / 44.67222°N 103.85333°W / 44.67222; -103.85333
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built	1940
NRHP reference No.	82003917[1]
Added to NRHP	April 27, 1982

The Belle Fourche Commercial Historic District, a 8 acres (3.2 ha) historic district in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

It includes 16 contributing buildings. The district includes 500 to 620 State St. (both sides) and the even side from 608 to 622 5th Ave.^[2]

Selected included buildings are:

• Hitchin' Post building, 500 State Street (between 1903 and 1915), also known as the flat-iron building. Second story added c. 1923. Used as both post office and store.
• Wide Awake Grocery Building, 520 State St. (1911), separately listed on the National Register in 1978.
• Christianson's, 501 State Street (c.1895)
• Gay Building, 507 State Street (c.1908)
• Townsend Building, 515 State Street (c.1905)
• Thomas Drug, 521 State Street (c.1890). Originally built as Ferrall Hardware Store, a survivor of 1895 fire
• Bolles Block, 603 State Street (1917)
• IOOF Building, 607 State Street (c.1903-1915)^[2]

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