Van Osdel House

The Van Osdel House is a historic house in Mission Hill, South Dakota. It was built in 1912 for Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel,[2] who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865 and was later elected as a member of the South Dakota Legislature in 1877, 1881, 1885, 1899, 1906 and 1907.[3] Van Osdel was also the commander of the South Dakota department of the Grand Army of the Republic, a book collector, an author and a poet; he died in 1936.[3] The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1980.[1]

Van Osdel House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in 2016
Location	In Mission Hill, Mission Hill, South Dakota
Coordinates	42°55′12″N 97°16′50″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912 (1912)
Architectural style	Hip Cottage
MPS	Northern and Central Townships of Yankton MRA
NRHP reference No.	80003747[1]
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1980

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Osdel House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 3, 2019. With accompanying pictures
3. "Dakota G. A. R. Leader Dies. A. L. Van Osdel Prominent Yankton Resident, Expires". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. July 26, 1936. p. 16. Retrieved August 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.