Codington County Heritage Museum

The Codington County Heritage Museum is located in the county seat of Watertown, South Dakota.[1] It has occupied the Carnegie Library building in Watertown since it opened in 1974.

The Carnegie Library was built in Watertown in 1906 through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation and functioned as a library until 1967 when operations moved to a new building further east in town next to what was then the newly built Watertown Senior High School. A youth group briefly occupied the Carnegie Library building before its use by the Codington County Historical Society.[2]

Codington County Historical Society

The museum is maintained by the Codington County Historical Society. The group was founded in 1970 and was officially incorporated in 1974.[1] They put out a bi-monthly publication for paid members entitled the Codington County Courier. In the past, the publication was called Wagon Wheels.

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.cchsmuseum.org
  2. ↑ http://watweb.sdln.net/history-1906.html

Coordinates: 44°53′57″N 97°06′49″W / 44.89917°N 97.11361°W / 44.89917; -97.11361

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