Custer in Custer County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Custer County Courthouse
Dakota Territory, 1881
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 9, 2018
1. 1881 Custer County Courthouse Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.
Location. 43° 45.971′ N, 103° 36.091′ W. Marker is in Custer, South Dakota, in Custer County. Marker is on Mount Rushmore Road (U.S. 16A) east of North 4th Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is a National Register of Historical Places plaque, mounted at eye-level, directly on the front wall of the subject courthouse, just to the right of the main front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 411 Mount Rushmore Road, Custer SD 57730, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Horace N. Ross (within shouting distance of this marker); First National Bank of Dakota Territory (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Frontier Protection (approx. 0.2 miles away); Miners Meet 1875 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Everything changes, or does it? (approx. 2.3 miles away); Landscapes & Logging (approx. 2˝ miles away); Campsite of General Custer's Expedition (approx. 3.2 miles away); Anna Donna Tallent (approx. 3˝ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Custer.
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Regarding Custer County Courthouse. The Custer County Courthouse building, of Italianate-design, was built in 1880, constructed with bricks from a local kiln. It opened January 1881 in Custer City, Custer County, Dakota Territory, eight years before South Dakota became a state. This building was the hub of Custer County development from 1881 to 1974, serving not only as a center for government, but also in early years as a meeting place for church services, socials and community activities. Justice was dispensed from this building for 92 years until it was given to the Custer County Historical Society in 1973.
National Register of Historic Places (1972)
Also see . . .
1. National Historic Places of Custer County. SDPB website entry:
One of the oldest buildings in the Black Hills to be listed on this National Register is the 137-year old Courthouse Museum in Custer. It was the first historical site to be listed on the National Register. (Submitted on July 11, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. 1881 Courthouse Museum. Custer County Historical Society website entry:
Following the announcement in 1973 by Custer County Board of Commissioners that a new courthouse would be built and the old building retired, the Custer County Historical Society initiated a petition throughout the county requesting that the old historical building be turned
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 9, 2018
2. 1881 Custer County Courthouse (front view; marker is visible just right of entrance)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 10, 2018
3. 1881 Custer County Courthouse (southwest corner view)
The 1881 Custer County Courthouse is now home to the Custer County Museum.
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 10, 2018
4. 1881 Custer County Courthouse (southeast corner view)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 10, 2018
5. 1975 Custer County Courthouse (across street from 1881 Custer County Courthouse Museum)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 206 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 11, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
