Clark County is named for Clark House, a local inn owned by Mrs. M E Greenslet that was the county’s first headquarters.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Day County
E – Codington County and Hamlin County
S – Hamlin County and Beadle County
W – Beadle County and Spink County
Created: January 8, 1873
County Seat:
Clark 1881 – present
County Courthouse – Clark
Location: 200 North Commercial Street / 2nd Avenue NE
Built: 1933 – 1934
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Hugill & Blatherwick
Contractor: Gray Construction Company of Watertown
Description: The building faces east and is a three story orange colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds on the north side of the center of Clark and has a stone trimmed entrance in the center of the main floor with a stone eagle over the doorway. The building has horizontal white colored stone bands and a wide white colored stone band at the flat roof line. In the interior is pink colored Tennessee marble. The County Circuit Court courtroom is located on the third story. The building houses the County Circuit Court of the 3rd Judicial Circuit and the County Magistrate Court.
See: The contractor, Gray Construction Company of Watertown also constructed courthouses in Clark County, Codington County, Douglas County, Edmunds County, Faulk County, Hamlin County, Hyde County, Sully County and Walworth County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Clark County Courthouse
See: The 3rd Judicial Circuit includes Beadle County, Brookings County, Codington County, Deuel County, Grant County, Hamlin County, Hand County, Jerauld County, Kingsbury County, Lake County, Miner County, Moody County and Sanborn County.
History: The county was created in 1873 and Clark was selected as the county seat in 1881 when the county was organized. The first office was housed in Clark House in Clark in 1881. The building was destroyed by fire in 1882. The office was moved to the Clark County Bank building. The first courthouse was a two story structure designed by W L Dow and constructed by Samuel Hackett, L H Hackett and Ira Davidson in 1888. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1933 to 1934.
County Courthouse – Clark
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County Circuit Court courtroom
Picture 1888 County Courthouse
Photos taken 2007 and 2018
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