Deadwood Mountain Grand

The large industrial building on the hillside above the south end of Main Street began as a Homestake ore-processing plant. The city’s walking tour refers to “the 1906 Homestake Slime Plant, a reminder of Deadwood’s mining heritage,” and the federal district documents note the industrial sites that frame the town at either end.

According to the property’s own history, the plant served Homestake Mining until 1973, when processing moved to Lead, closer to the mineshaft. Lawrence County then used part of the building as a heavy-equipment shop, and it sat largely idle for years while preservationists and officials looked for a new use. Deadwood’s Historic Preservation Commission funded restoration of the façade.

Today it is Deadwood Mountain Grand, a Holiday Inn Resort, and its reuse is a good example of how preservation has worked here: a working building given a second life rather than demolished. It sits within the National Historic Landmark district.

Sources: Deadwood Mountain Grand: History, City of Deadwood Archives: Historic Deadwood Walking Tour, NPS: Deadwood Historic District nomination and amendment