Smith Store, Fairburn, SD
**Fairburn Historic Commercial District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 95000772, date listed 6/30/1995
Roughly, area surrounding Main St. between First and Second Sts.
Fairburn, SD (Custer County)
Fairburn is located just outside the eastern edge of the Black Hills, in eastern Custer County, South Dakota. The town lies on French Creek in the grassy eastern foothills of the heavily forested mountains of the Black Hills.
The town site of Fairburn was formally platted in 1885, with the imminent arrival of the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley railroad. The town had begun as combination post-office, dentist's office, and way station housed in a tent on the Sidney-Deadwood Trail in the late 1870s. When the railroad came, the town of Fair Valley or Fairburn was located about three miles east of the old stage stop.
The Fairburn Historic Commercial District comprises one linear block. This is Main Street, from Second to Third. The district is surrounded by residential housing on the east, west, and south sides. About half of the houses are unoccupied.
The Charles B. Smith store is a large, two-story rectangular woodframe building with an imposing rectangular false front extending across the entire front of the building. A wide, hip-roofed wooden canopy with asphalt shingles extends out from the entrance, forming a covered driveway. This canopy appears to have been constructed to facilitate protected access to gas pumps at the front of the building. (pg 5) (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Smith Store, Fairburn, SD
**Fairburn Historic Commercial District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 95000772, date listed 6/30/1995
Roughly, area surrounding Main St. between First and Second Sts.
Fairburn, SD (Custer County)
Fairburn is located just outside the eastern edge of the Black Hills, in eastern Custer County, South Dakota. The town lies on French Creek in the grassy eastern foothills of the heavily forested mountains of the Black Hills.
The town site of Fairburn was formally platted in 1885, with the imminent arrival of the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley railroad. The town had begun as combination post-office, dentist's office, and way station housed in a tent on the Sidney-Deadwood Trail in the late 1870s. When the railroad came, the town of Fair Valley or Fairburn was located about three miles east of the old stage stop.
The Fairburn Historic Commercial District comprises one linear block. This is Main Street, from Second to Third. The district is surrounded by residential housing on the east, west, and south sides. About half of the houses are unoccupied.
The Charles B. Smith store is a large, two-story rectangular woodframe building with an imposing rectangular false front extending across the entire front of the building. A wide, hip-roofed wooden canopy with asphalt shingles extends out from the entrance, forming a covered driveway. This canopy appears to have been constructed to facilitate protected access to gas pumps at the front of the building. (pg 5) (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...