St. Scholastica Catholic Church and Rectory

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United States historic place


St. Scholastica Catholic Church St. Scholastica Rectory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	W side of Fourth St., between Wisconsin and State Sts., Letcher, South Dakota
Coordinates	43°53′47″N 98°08′08″W / 43.89639°N 98.13556°W / 43.89639; -98.13556 (church) 43°53′47″N 98°08′07″W / 43.89639°N 98.13528°W / 43.89639; -98.13528 (rectory)
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1900 (church) 1906 (rectory)
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival, Other (church) American Foursquare (rectory)
NRHP reference No.	94000567, 94000568
Added to NRHP	June 2, 1994

St. Scholastica Catholic Church is a historic church building on the west side of Fourth St., between Wisconsin and State Streets in Letcher, South Dakota. The St. Scholastica Rectory is its rectory. The two buildings were separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Although the first Catholic services were held as early as 1888, at the Letcher School, the small community was not able to muster the resources to build a church until 1900. This structure, of balloon frame and clapboard construction, is "a vernacular example of late Gothic Revival architecture." It was damaged by a tornado in 1924, but repaired and returned to use.

St. Scholastica was canonically recognized as a parish from 1913 to 1979; although the cemetery remains active, it is no longer a community of the Diocese of Sioux Falls. The property was converted to a residence.

The church is cruciform in plan. It has balloon frame construction on a high poured concrete foundation, and is covered by clapboards.

The rectory is a two-story house which was deemed notable as "a well preserved example of the American Foursquare style which incorporates elements of the earlier Colonial Revival and Queen Anne traditions."

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"St. Scholastica Catholic Church", National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, retrieved December 9, 2015
^ Bobby Pruitt; Rene Pruitt (March 24, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Scholastica Catholic Church". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2018. With seven photos from 1994.
Bobby Pruitt; Rene Pruitt (March 24, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Scholastica Rectory". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2018. With seven photos from 1994.

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Bishops	Martin Marty Thomas O'Gorman Bernard Joseph Mahoney William O. Brady Lambert Anthony Hoch Paul Vincent Dudley Robert James Carlson Paul J. Swain Donald DeGrood
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Education	High schools O'Gorman Catholic High School, Sioux Falls Roncalli High School, Aberdeen St. Mary High School, Dell Rapids Affiliated schools St. Joseph's Indian School (K-8, dormitory for HS)
Priests	Thomas Gullickson Donald Joseph Kettler Michel Mulloy
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