Wide Awake Grocery Building

The Wide Awake Grocery Building, located at 520 State St. in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, was completed in 1911. Also known as Sly's Grocery, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1][2]

Wide Awake Grocery Building
Location520 State St., Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Coordinates44°40′15″N 103°51′2″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1908, 1911
Built byScotney, John Aaron
NRHP reference No.78002542[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 30, 1978

It was built in 1908 and extended 127 feet in 1911; the resulting size is 197 by 32 feet (60.0 m × 9.8 m).[2]

It was deemed notable as "one of the dwindling number of cut stone commercial buildings left in the state. Its architectural importance is enhanced because it displays both rock faced and dressed sandstone ashlar; sandstone, the later type is not normally found." It was also deemed notable as "an important grocery for Belle Fourche since its construction." It was originally Wide Awake Grocery, then Pomeroy and Glassie, and as Sly's from 1922 on.[2]

Over the years its second floor has served as apartments, as a high school, and as a theatre and site of Belle Fourche social events.[2]

The Belle Fourche Commercial Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1982, included it as a contributing building.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Scott Gerloff (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:". National Park Service. Retrieved December 24, 2017. With four photos from 1976.
  3. LeEllen Coacher (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belle Fourche Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved December 24, 2017. With 53 photos from 1980 and 2002.
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