(rshsdepot) Fort Pierre Railroad Round House (Lead, SD)

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From the Rapid City Journal.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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Historic Lead Round House gets grant for renovation 
By Journal staff 
The Black Hills Fort Pierre Railroad Round House in Lead  will be receiving a 
$25,000 grant for renovation at the historic structure. 
The grant, which was approved by the Deadwood City Commission on March 17,  
was recommended by Deadwood Historic Preservation to help preserve the last  
original railroad building in Lead and help the local economy as the owners,  
Duane and Phyllis Sander, work to make the Round House a tourist attraction. 
Winter Construction is in the midst of renovating and doing interior work at  
the structure at a cost of more than $1 million. 
Built in 1901, the Round House was a hub of railroad activity in the Northern 
 Hills for nearly three decades, servicing Black Hills Fort Pierre and 
Burlington  engines until 1930, when it closed. 
Among the attractions the Sanders plan to include at the renovated Round  
House is a Railroad Historical Interpretive Center and works by local artist Ed  
Carr. 
Carr recently finished the first in a series of railroad displays, a scale  
static model of the Round House -- complete with its round table steam engine  
and tender. The model will be on display through Saturday at Lynn's Dakota 
Mart  in Lead. 
Carr's next project will be a 17-foot-long mural of the 54-mile rail system  
of the Black Hills Fort Pierre and Deadwood Central railroads. 
Other attractions planned include a railroad-themed restaurant, a multimedia  
theater that will tell the story of the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, two 
gift  shops and an antique store. 




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