The Nansen Store is an historic retail building at 43713 228th Street in rural Miner County, South Dakota, roughly 8 miles northeast of Howard. The store is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, with a smaller 1+12-story structure attached. Although it is uncertain when the first structure was built, a store was on the site in 1903, with what was described as an addition (24' x 32') in 1910, and the building presently standing was fully described in a 1937 mortgage. The larger section has a full-width front porch with a hip roof, and a center entry flanked by large four-pane display windows. The smaller section is to the left of the larger one, also with a gable front. It was originally a Homestead home, probably built about 1890, since the patent for the land was 1889. The first documented operator of the store was Knut Skaar, a Norwegian immigrant.[2]

Nansen Store
Nansen Store is located in South Dakota
Nansen Store
Nansen Store is located in the United States
Nansen Store
Location43713 228th St., Howard, South Dakota
Coordinates44°4′50″N 97°28′3″W / 44.08056°N 97.46750°W / 44.08056; -97.46750
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
NRHP reference No.14000033[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 2014

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[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. ^ "NRHP nomination for Nansen Store" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 15, 2014.