State Soldiers Home Barn

Built in 1929. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The State Soldiers Home Barn, at 2500 Minnekahta Ave. in Hot Springs, South Dakota, was built in 1929. Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home Barn, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”
Wikipedia article State Soldiers Home Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Fall River County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1929.

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. 2500 Minnekahta Ave., Hot Springs, 57747
When was it listed? November 2009
Category. building
City. Hot Springs city
When was it built? 1929
National Register reference number. 09000446 - 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

160 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of State Soldiers Home Barn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,321 acres in total. 86 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural	86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	29
Debris and open burning	23
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Recreation and ceremony	4
Other causes	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HAGEN CANYON 2
7 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	FLY AWAY
7 September 2002	Natural	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BATTLE MT
5 September 2002	Natural	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	ARGYLE RD
4 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BOOM
25 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BALE
2 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SATURDAY
18 September 2013	Natural	80 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	CASCADE

Every fire recorded in Fall River County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of State Soldiers Home Barn: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Diana A	Uranium	Past Producer
Hills Material Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fall River County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hot Springs City Land Fill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Romey Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grant Robinson Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer	1893
Grant Robinson Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Hot Springs Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer	1911
Hot Springs Gypsum Co	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Hot Springs Plaster Co	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Fall River County

Storms near this property

60 of 106 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hot Springs, the town this property stands in, in 106 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 70 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 flood. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	$1,500,000	Strong winds damaged fences, signs, and buildings in Hot Springs and blew down trees and power poles. Buildings and automobiles were damaged by fallen trees. A mobile home was lifted off the ground and destroyed. A large portion of Hot Springs lost power for several hours.
June 2010	Hail	Hot Springs	$1,000,000	Two inch diameter hail caused extensive damage to automobiles and some buildings in Hot Springs.
June 2014	Hail	Hot Springs	$500,000	Golf ball size hail was accompanied by 50 mph wind gusts and heavy rain.
June 2013	Hail	Hot Springs	$300,000	Hail damaged vehicles in town.
August 2013	Hail	Hot Springs	$250,000	no account filed
May 2019	Flood	Hot Springs	$200,000	Runoff from heavy rain caused overland flooding east of Hot Springs and south of Buffalo Gap, with flooding along Hat Creek around Ardmore and Horsehead Creek around Oelrichs. Several county roads west of Oelrichs and a road along Beaver Creek south of Buffalo Gap had to be closed.
June 2015	Hail	Hot Springs	$100,000	no account filed
May 2010	Flood	Hot Springs	$75,000	Heavy rain caused flooding along the Fall River, Horsehead Creek, Hat Creek, Beaver Creek, and other smaller creeks and streams in Fall River County. The low water crossings in Hot Springs at South Sixth Street and at Joplin Avenue were flooded as well as several county roads. The creeks and streams were so high that Angostura Reservoir filled up and over 5900 cfs was being released. This was the first time in 10 years that Angostura Reservoir was full. The saturated soil and gusty winds also helped to bring down several large trees in Hot Springs.
June 2010	Hail	Hot Springs	$75,000	Hail damaged automobiles in Hot Springs.
June 2010	Hail	Hot Springs	$25,000	Hail to golf ball size damaged some automobiles along SD Highway 71 south of Hot Springs.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	$20,000	Strong winds blew out windows, uprooted large trees, and snapped power poles.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	$15,000	Two power poles and several trees were blown down by the wind.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Hot Springs	$10,000	Heavy rain caused flooding along Cold Brook Creek above Cold Brook Reservoir and Cottonwood Springs Creek above Cottonwood Reservoir. Debris flowing down Cold Brook Creek piled up in the channel along Argyle Road, causing water to flow over the road. Along Cottonwood Springs Creek, water created a channel 12 feet wide into Cottonwood Reservoir and washed gravel off rural roads.
June 2013	Hail	Hot Springs	$10,000	Baseball size hail damaged property.
August 2013	Hail	Hot Springs	$10,000	Two inch diameter hail damaged property.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Hot Springs	$5,000	Heavy rain caused flooding in Hot Springs, around Cold Brook Reservoir, and in the Minnekahta Valley area. Six inches of water was flowing down the Highway 18 bypass and water was over street curbs in Hot Springs. Minor flooding occurred in Hot Brook Canyon along Hot Brook Creek. Cold Brook Reservoir reached its second highest pool level at 3585.42 feet.
June 2007	Hail	Hot Springs	$5,000	Baseball sized hail broke windows in several automobiles at Coldbrook Dam.
June 2016	Hail	Hot Springs	$2,000	Cars were dented from the hail.
August 2013	Hail	Hot Springs	$2,000	Golf ball size hail broke a pickup truck window at the Cold Brook Reservoir campground.
July 2007	Hail	Hot Springs	$2,000	Automobile windshields were broken by large hail.
July 2025	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Public submitted report.
July 2025	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Quarter size hail report.
July 2025	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Public reported hail.
July 2025	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Public report.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
August 2025	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Dime to Quarter hail report from trained spotter.
August 2025	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Received an mPING report of sub severe hail.
June 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Several reports of nickel sized hail in Hot Springs were received.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Large hail and gusty winds on the north side of Hot Springs damaged vehicles and broke house windows.
June 2015	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported at Cottonwood Springs Dam.
August 2014	Flash Flood	Hot Springs	-	Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding on Cold Brook Creek. Argyle Road and a few camp sites at Cold Brook Reservoir Campground were flooded, and the main road near Cold Brook Reservoir was underwater for a few hours.
August 2013	Heavy Rain	Hot Springs	-	Almost an inch of rain fell in 30 minutes just north of Hot Springs, with 0.75 inches falling in fifteen minutes. The heavy rain caused water to briefly cover the two low water crossings in Hot Springs. Cold Brook Creek backed up behind Argyle Road and covered the campground road with a few inches of water at Cold Brook Reservoir.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Hot Springs	-	Fall River flooded the low water crossing at South 6th Street with six to seven inches of water.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010	Flood	Hot Springs	-	Beaver Creek flowed over Beaver Creek Road. The river gauge four miles south of Buffalo Gap crested at 7.54 feet, above its flood stage of 7.5 feet, at 945 AM MST.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	Wind gusts over Coldbrook Reservoir capsized a kayak, causing the occupant to drown.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Hot Springs	-	Two inches of rain fell in an hour and caused flash flooding in Hot Springs. Low water crossings at Joplin Avenue and South Sixth Street were under water. Six inches of water flowed down Minnekahta Avenue.
July 2008	Hail	Hot Springs	-	Hail was six to seven inches deep along Highway 71 from Cascade Falls to Hot Springs.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Hot Springs	-	Water flowed over Joplin and South Sixth Streets in Hot Springs.
July 2007	Flood	Hot Springs	-	Heavy rain in a short period of time caused minor flooding on the Fall River through Hot Springs. Water flowed over low water crossings on South Sixth Street and Joplin Avenue.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Hot Springs	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fall River 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Phillip Wesch House	0.3 miles	1984
Hot Springs High School	0.9 miles	1980
Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers	0.9 miles	2011
Hot Springs Historic District	1.0 miles	2018
Log Cabin Tourist Camp	1.0 miles	2004
Petty House	1.4 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000446 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fall River County	All 12 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.