Editing Geddes, South Dakota (section)

==Geddes Historic District==
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Geddes Historic District
  | nrhp_type = 
|image=Geddes, South Dakota, building NW corner 3rd and Main from SE 1.JPG
  | caption = 3rd & Main
  | location= Off [[South Dakota Highway 50|SD 50]], Geddes, South Dakota
|coordinates={{coord|43.254167|-98.695278|source:NOTNRIS2013a|display=inline}}
  | locmapin = South Dakota#USA
  | built = 1901
  | builder = 
  | architecture = Late Victorian
  | added = May 8, 1973
  | area = {{convert|100|acre|ha}}
  | refnum = 73001737<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Geddes Historic District''' is a {{convert|100|acre|ha}} [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name=nris/>

[[File:Geddes, South Dakota, Struve Block from SE 1.JPG|left|thumb|Struve Block]]
It includes the majority of the historic small town of Geddes, which "stopped growing, for the most part, by 1920," due to factors including the railroad not coming through, and its failure to win the [[county seat]] of [[Charles Mix County, South Dakota|Charles Mix County]].  Geddes had tried to wrest the county seat from [[Wheeler, South Dakota|Wheeler]] in 1900, 1904, and 1908,<ref name=nrhpdoc-CMCCourthouse/> and the seat eventually went to [[Lake Andes, South Dakota]] (about {{convert|15|mi|km}} away), where [[Charles Mix County Courthouse]] was built in 1918.<ref name=nrhpdoc-CMCCourthouse>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=92001856}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Charles Mix County Courthouse |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Mark Hufstetler |author2=Lon Johnson |date=September 1, 1992 |access-date=August 1, 2022}} With {{NRHP url|id=92001856|photos=y|title=14 photos}}.</ref>

{{anchor|Papineau Trading Post}}
The oldest building in the district is the '''Papineau Trading Post''', built in 1857 of squared [[plains cottonwood]] logs; it is actually probably the oldest building in the entire state of South Dakota.  In the 1860;s it was a store, tavern, [[bawdy house]], and county seat of [[Charles Mix County, South Dakota|Charles Mix County]]. It was moved from a few miles away to an open lot in what is now the southern edge of the historic district.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

The other contributing buildings were mostly built during 1900-1920.  These include:
*Livery Stable (1910)<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
*Padley Hotel, sometimes known as the Hotel Castle, a 3-story brick building, which had sun porches added to its second and third stores in 1916 when it served as a community hospital<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
*St. Anna's Catholic Church (completed 1903), a two-story wooden structure with medieval-style [[stained glass windows]], and carved exterior woodwork, still in use at date of NRHP listing.
*St. Anna's School (completed 1917), a three-story brick building with a full basement, {{convert|40x90|ft|m}} in plan, which was a [[boarding school]] until 1935, no longer in use as a school<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
*the blacksmith shop (1910), a wooden structure which was dilapidated at time of NRHP listing, but which is nice for having period tools and machinery<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
*The "Old Dormitory" (1905), which provided boarding for children of farm families during the week, for the original high
school (which was replaced in 1925).<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
Numerous private houses, "basically the same as when they were built", are included in the district.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=73001737}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Geddes Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=J. Michael Peterson |date=March 26, 1973 |access-date=August 1, 2022}} With {{NRHP url|id=73001737|photos=y|title=aerial photo from 1955 and others from c.1972}}</ref>