De Smet in Kingsbury County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Waters Land & Loan Company
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
1. Waters Land & Loan Company Marker
The Kingsbury Abstract Company was formed in 1887, with J.C. Gibson, A.W. Miller, C.L. Dawley, Al Thomas and A.N. Waters as members. The company built this building in 1888-89.
Through the years the building has housed many offices, including the Germania State Bank, Peoples State Bank, a doctors office and dental office. The building exchanged hands again in 1997, and after three years of extensive restoration, was opened as The Heritage House Bed and Breakfast.
The homesteaders on the Dakota prairies were warned it was going to be a hard winter. They had been told that every seventh winter was a hard winter and that at the end of three times seven years came the hardest winter of all. Pa was worried. The little claim shanty on the homestead was not strong enough to survive a hard winter. Pa decided to move the family into his store on Main Street. It was located at the corner of Calumet and Second Street. Ma could look out the kitchen window to the north and see vacant lots and the depot to the northeast.
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Location. 44° 23.175′ N, 97° 32.937′ W. Marker is in De Smet, South Dakota, in Kingsbury County. Marker is at the intersection of Calumet Avenue SE and 2nd Street SE, on the left when traveling south on Calumet Avenue SE. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the southwest corner of the subject building, facing Calumet Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 126 Calumet Avenue SE, De Smet SD 57231, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Clancy's Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Couse Hardware (within shouting distance of this marker); Bradley Drugstore (within shouting distance of this marker); The Loftus Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Power Tailor Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Owen Shoe Shop (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kingsbury County Bank (about 400 feet away); John Owen's Law Office (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in De Smet.
Also see . . . Heritage House Bed & Breakfast, built in 1888. This handsome two story building would come to house the Waters Land
2. Marker detail: Historic Waters Land & Loan Company photograph
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
3. Waters Land & Loan Company Marker (tall view; marker mounted left of corner entrance)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
4. Waters Land & Loan Company Building (west side view from Calumet; marker visible far right)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
5. Waters Land & Loan Company (building detail)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
6. Waters Land & Loan Company (southwest corner view)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 129 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 29, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
