Coloring Pages

Visit architectural gems scattered across South Dakota without leaving your home or classroom. This project in-progress from AIA South Dakota members gives your learners a chance to add their own flair to notable buildings and artistic structures that contribute to our state's unique landscape. This webpage is a library in the making, so please check back often to see new pages.

South Dakota Capitol Building

The Capitol is our state’s cornerstone structure. Architects Bell and Detweiler designed the Capitol, topping the rotunda with a copper dome. The Capitol took five years to construct and opened in 1910. The building uses many materials, among them marble, limestone, wood, brass, plaster, and terrazzo tile floors. A major addition was finished in 1921, and a building-wide renovation took place before the state’s 1989 centennial. Click here to view or download this page.

The World's Only Corn Palace 

The Corn Palace was built in 1892 to showcase our state’s agricultural heritage. Its exterior features mosaic murals created from different colors and varieties of corn. The murals change each year. The building had several editions until this permanent structure designed by Rapp and Rapp was completed in 1921. Metal domes and turret caps, crafted to withstand the wind, were placed in 2015 as part of a major renovation led by MSR Design. Click here to view or download this page. 

University of South Dakota Old Main

Many campuses call their first major building “old main” to acknowledge both age and importance. Wallace Dow designed USD’s Old Main from local Sioux quartzite, a pink natural stone found in southeast South Dakota. Completed in 1893, the building includes stamped sheet metal salvaged from the South Dakota building at the World’s Fair in Chicago that same year. Click here to view or download this page.

South Dakota State University Coughlin Campanile

At 165 feet tall, the Coughlin Campanile was the tallest structure in the state when it was completed in 1929. It takes 180 stairs to get to the top. A speaker at the top rings out the time on the hour. (That’s why you might see students run when they hear it: They don’t want to be late to class!) Designed by Perkins & McWayne, the Campanile is named for SDSU alumnus Charles Coughlin, whose donation paid for the project. Click here to view or download this page.

Dignity of Earth & Sky

This 50-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture by artist Dale Lamphere overlooks the Missouri River near Chamberlain. “Dignity” blends the faces of three Native American models—ages 14, 29, and 55. She wears a garment patterned after an 1850s-style animal-hide dress and holds a star quilt with 128 diamonds that seem to move with the wind. Norm and Eunabel McKie gifted this artwork to celebrate our state’s 125th anniversary. Click here to view or download this page.

Washington Pavilion

This building designed by Joseph Schwartz began as Washington High School from 1908 to 1992. Perkins and McWayne designed two additions, in 1922 and then in 1936. Koch Hazard Architects designed major additions, renovations, and interior specialty spaces to transform the structure for its 1999 reopening as a home for performing arts, visual arts, and science education. The building is constructed from the same pinkish Sioux Quartzite you see at the nearby Falls Park. Click here to view or download this page.