Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House

The Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House is a historic two-story wooden house located in Pierre, South Dakota. Designed in the Stick or Eastlake style of Queen Anne style architecture, it was built in 1883 by local banker and real estate speculator, H. O. Fishback. In 1887, it was bought by the Rev. Dr. William Maxwell Blackburn and his wife, Elizabeth Powell Blackburn, who had come to Pierre from Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he had been president of the University of North Dakota. Dr. Blackburn, a Presbyterian minister, scholar and author became the founding president of the Presbyterian University of Southern Dakota, which later became Pierre University and served as such until his death in 1898. Following his death, Pierre University was relocated to Huron, where it became Huron University. Later owners include C. B. Billinghurst, local newspaper publisher, and Harold King and his wife Irma E. King. The Kings ran a grocery store and he was a local politician while she was a poet.[2]

Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House
Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House is located in South Dakota
Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House
Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House is located in the United States
Dr. William and Elizabeth Blackburn House
Location219 S. Tyler Ave.,
Pierre, South Dakota, US
Coordinates44°21′44″N 100°19′37″W / 44.36222°N 100.32694°W / 44.36222; -100.32694
Arealess than one acre
Built1883
Built byH. O. Fishback
Architectural styleStickEastlake
NRHP reference No.97000426[1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 1997

On May 9, 1997, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places'[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ NPS: Dr. William & Elizabeth Blackburn House