page_title: Harold Spitznagel
section_title: 1960s
hierarchical_section_title: Harold Spitznagel / Work / Buildings / 1960s
caption_attribution_description: English: by Harold Spitznagel and Cecil Doty
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 Arena, Sioux Falls
  Mount Rushmore Visitor Center (original), with Cecil Doty
  Minnehaha Country Club, Sioux Falls
  National Bank of South Dakota, Sioux Falls
  USD Student Union, Vermillion
  Lincoln Senior High School, Sioux Falls
  Augustana College Science Building, Sioux Falls
  Holy Name Catholic Church, Watertown, South Dakota
  First Federal Savings and Loan, Sioux Falls
  Trinity Lutheran Church with suspended art by Palmer Eide, Spencer, Iowa
  American College Testing Program, Iowa City
  South Dakota State University Rotunda/Arts and Science/Home Economics and Nursing, dining hall, and dormitories
  Housing and Urban Development Housing for the Elderly, Pipestone
  Jehovah Lutheran Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota
caption: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Visitor Center circa 1976
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