Lemmon Petrified Park

The Lemmon Petrified Park is a park and museum located off U.S. 12 in Lemmon, South Dakota. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

Lemmon Petrified Park
LocationOff U.S. 12, Lemmon, South Dakota
Coordinates45°56′15″N 102°9′4″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1933
ArchitectQuammen, Olaf S.
NRHP reference No.77001254[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 1977

The NRHP nomination describes it:

If the traveler crosses the northern plains of South Dakota to the city of Lemmon, he will come upon a very interesting and unusual site—the world's largest petrified wood park. This site consists of 3200 tons of petrified wood, 100 tons of petrified grass, and tons of cannon ball boulders which are either standing in the condition they were found or stacked and cemented together to form conical pyramids, pillars, various other configurations, and three buildings.[2]

The listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing structure.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Scott Gerloff (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lemmon Petrified Park". National Park Service. Retrieved November 19, 2017. With eight photos from 1975.
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