Kings & Dixon

Last updated August 02, 2021

Kings & Dixon was an architectural firm based in Mitchell, South Dakota. A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

It was a partnership formed in 1920 of Floyd F. Kings (1893-1939) and Walter J. Dixon (1894 - 1975). The firm was "one of the state's prominent architectural firms" and it "designed numerous government buildings, businesses, and residences."^[2] The firm designed Art Deco/Moderne style courthouses in the 1930s for Aurora, Davison, McCook, and Miner counties.^[3]

Kings grew up in Mitchell, attended Dakota Wesleyan College, and graduated from the School of Architecture and Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1917. He left for Florida in 1925 but returned after the stock market crash in 1929.^[2]

Dixon was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1918. He served as mayor of Mitchell from 1940 to 1946.^[2]

They employed Georgian Revival in design of the Trierweiler House.^[4]

Works (by the firm or either architect individually) include:

Dr. John Trierweiler House (1927), 301 Spruce St., Yankton, South Dakota, (Kings & Dixon), NRHP-listed^[1]^[4]
Whittier School (1935), 410 W. Second Ave., Mitchell, SD, (Kings & Dixon), NRHP-listed^[1]
Aurora County Courthouse (1939–40), Main St. between Fourth and Fifth Sts., Plankinton, SD, (Kings & Dixon), NRHP-listed^[1]^[3]
Koch Apartments, 209 W. Second Ave., Mitchell, SD, (Kings & Dixon), NRHP-listed^[1]
McCook County Courthouse, Essex Ave. between Nebraska and Main, Salem, SD, (Kings & Dixon), NRHP-listed^[1]
First Presbyterian Church, Bridgewater, SD, (Walter J. Dixon), NRHP-listed
One or more works in Mitchell Historic Commercial District, Mitchell, SD (Walter J. Dixon), NRHP-listed
One or more works in Mitchell West Central Residential Historic District, Mitchell, SD (Walter J. Dixon; Floyd F. Kings), NRHP-listed, including:
- Wilson Apartments (c.1929), 404 N. Duff St., Mitchell (believed to have been designed by Walter J. Dixon and Floyd F. Kings)^[5]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
1 2 3 Stephen C. Rogers; Jennifer L. Littlefield (Winter 2007). "The Architect Biography Files at the South Dakota State Historie Preservation Office" (PDF). Dakota Resources . Retrieved August 3, 2019.
1 2 Mark Hufstetler; Lon Johnson (September 1, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aurora County Courthouse". National Park Service . Retrieved August 3, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 1992
1 2 J. W. Abbott (September 12, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dr. John Trierweiler House / Kostel Funeral Home". National Park Service . Retrieved August 3, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1979
↑ Gemini Research; Lynda B. Schwan (March 3, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mitchell West Central Residential Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved February 10, 2019. With accompanying 11 photos from 1992-94

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[Rogers-2] 1 2 3 Stephen C. Rogers; Jennifer L. Littlefield (Winter 2007). "The Architect Biography Files at the South Dakota State Historie Preservation Office" (PDF). Dakota Resources . Retrieved August 3, 2019.

[nrhpdoc-Aurora-3] 1 2 Mark Hufstetler; Lon Johnson (September 1, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aurora County Courthouse". National Park Service . Retrieved August 3, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 1992

[nrhpdoc-Trierweiler-4] 1 2 J. W. Abbott (September 12, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dr. John Trierweiler House / Kostel Funeral Home". National Park Service . Retrieved August 3, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1979

[nrhpdoc=MWCR-5] Gemini Research; Lynda B. Schwan (March 3, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mitchell West Central Residential Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved February 10, 2019. With accompanying 11 photos from 1992-94

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