St. Ann's Catholic Church of Badus | |
Nearest city | Ramona, South Dakota |
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Coordinates | 44°8′51″N97°8′28″W / 44.14750°N 97.14111°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1884 |
Architectural style | Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 79002403 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 7, 1979 |
St. Ann's Catholic Church of Badus is a historic church in Ramona, South Dakota. It was built in 1884 and was added to the National Register in 1979. [1]
The area was settled by 10 Swiss immigrants who relocated to Lake Badus from Stillwater, Minnesota in 1877, naming the lake after a lake near Piz Badus. [2] The community celebrated its first Mass and baptism on May 20, 1880, joined by Irish settlers from elsewhere in Nunda Township. Plans to build a permanent church began in 1883, and were realized in 1884. [2]
The routing of the Milwaukee Road through Ramona led to faster growth there; St. William of Vercelli there was split off as its own parish in 1898. St. Ann's was closed for regular services in 1965, although it remains in use as a summer chapel and for a special celebration on the Feast of St. Ann in July. [2] [3]
It is a one-story vernacular-Gothic Revival building with a gable roof and clapboard siding. It is west-facing with four bays on its north and south sides, and it has Gothic-style tracery within pointed arches of its windows. [3]