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Photograph of Hamlin County Courthouse
Photograph by Calvin Beale, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hamlin County Courthouse

Built in 1916 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Hamlin County Courthouse, located at 300 4th Street in Hayti, is the county courthouse serving Hamlin County, South Dakota. The courthouse was completed in 1916, two years after the Hamlin county seat was moved to Hayti from Castlewood by popular vote.”

Wikipedia article Hamlin County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Hamlin County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1916, Neoclassical architecture, by W. W. Rose.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 300 4th St., hayti, 57241
  • When was it listed? October 2000
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of South Dakota MPS
  • Town. Hayti town
  • When was it built? 1916
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. W. W. Rose
  • National Register reference number. 00001225 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hamlin County Courthouse between 2008 and 2016, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTORMO GRASS FIRE
2 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionRASMUSSEN
27 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTASCHNER
17 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionEVERSON
3 October 2008Debris and open burning120 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Every fire recorded in Hamlin County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hamlin County Courthouse: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chets Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamlin County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tuhino PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hamlin County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names hayti, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 29 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025HailHayti-A COOP observer reported one-inch hail as a storm moved over Hayti.
August 2023Funnel CloudHayti-A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud which lasted approximately 2 minutes, and that no surface circulation was observed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHayti-An estimated wind of 60 mph was reported.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHayti-Estimated eighty mph winds took the roof off a bus barn, damaged a daycare roof, and downed trees and branches in Hayti.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHayti-Seventy mph winds uprooted a tree and downed many large tree limbs.
July 2015Flash FloodHayti-Heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches brought some flash flooding north of Hayti. A county road was flooded for several hours.
June 2013Flash FloodHayti-Very heavy rains of two to four inches resulted in many roads under water.
September 2010Flash FloodHayti-Very heavy rains flooded parts of Highway 20 south of Hayti.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHayti-Several large trees were downed in Hayti by eighty mph winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHayti-Winds measured over 90 mph in Hayti along with some large hail broke numerous windows out of several homes and vehicles, damaged several roofs, and downed many trees. A concrete silo was also destroyed. The highway shop lost half of it's roof along with severe damage to the roof of a trucking business in Hayti.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHayti-Seventy mph winds overturned some light farm equipment and took down some power lines.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Hayti-A weak narrow path tornado touched down 7 miles southeast of Hayti. Path length and width were estimated.
September 2025HailHayti-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHayti-no account filed
October 2021HailHayti-no account filed
August 2017HailHayti-no account filed
July 2017HailHayti-no account filed
July 2017HailHayti-no account filed
July 2017HailHayti-no account filed
May 2016HailHayti-no account filed
August 2016HailHayti-no account filed
July 2014HailHayti-no account filed
May 2012HailHayti-no account filed
September 2010HailHayti-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHayti-no account filed
April 2007HailHayti-no account filed
April 2007HailHayti-no account filed
May 2006HailHayti-no account filed
June 2006HailHayti-no account filed
May 2005HailHayti-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHayti-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHayti-no account filed
August 2004HailHayti-no account filed
August 2004HailHayti-no account filed
October 2004HailHayti-no account filed
July 2003HailHayti-no account filed
June 2002HailHayti-no account filed
June 2001HailHayti-no account filed
March 2000HailHayti-no account filed
March 2000HailHayti-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHayti-no account filed
July 1999HailHayti-no account filed
August 1999HailHayti-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHayti-no account filed
June 1997HailHayti-no account filed
July 1995HailHayti-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamlin County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
First National Bank of Norden5.2 miles2005
Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm5.6 miles1985
Jacob and Amelia Tuohino Farm7.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00001225 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hamlin CountyAll 15 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.