page_title: Harold Spitznagel
section_title: 1930s
hierarchical_section_title: Harold Spitznagel / Work / Buildings / 1930s
caption_attribution_description: City Hall doorway
context_page_description: Harold Theodore Spitznagel was an American architect from South Dakota. Spitznagel was best known for residential and institutional architecture, including the original Mount Rushmore visitor center. His styles included Prairie School, Art Deco, and Moderne architecture. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, was posthumously inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame, and has been called the "foremost 20th-century architect" of the state of South Dakota.
context_section_description: Sioux Falls City Hall
  Peter Norbeck Visitor Center and Sylvan Lake Lodge, Custer State Park
  Sioux Falls residences
  Irving School and Lincoln High School addition in Sioux Falls; grade school in Ellsworth, Minnesota
  KSOO-FM radio station
  department store in Brookings, South Dakota
  Hollywood Theater in Sioux Falls
caption: Sioux Falls City Hall doorway
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