The All Saints School is a historic private school in

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, the first

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bishop of South Dakota, founded the school to serve as a girls' boarding school for the children of Episcopal missionaries. The school's main building, a four-story

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Prairie Gothic structure with a distinctive

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, was built in 1884. A

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sits atop the building's front entrance; Hare's personal quarters was near the cupola, and he was known to watch the city from the cupola in the evening. A -story chapel is located on the west side of the main building. . The school's main building was listed on the

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in 1973. It is also part of the All Saints Historic District.

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1884 establishments in Dakota Territory School buildings completed in 1884 Educational institutions established in 1884 Schools in Minnehaha County, South Dakota Education in Sioux Falls, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-school-stub