Calumet Hotel

Ash and B Ave., Wasta, South Dakota. County/parish: Pennington.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 07, 2000. NRIS 99001659.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Wasta Hotel
  • Wasta Hotel and Meat Market

From Wikipedia:

Calumet Hotel (Wasta, South Dakota)

The Calumet Hotel in Wasta, South Dakota, United States—also known as Wasta Hotel or the Wasta Hotel and Meat Market—was built in 1908. It was expanded in 1920 and 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

By 1999 it had had seven owners, and it had served as a restaurant, as a boarding house, as a meeting place, as a meat market, and as a hotel. After it ceased operation as a hotel it was still used as a vacation home for annual family reunions held in Wasta. It is the largest building in Wasta's former business district.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205505

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