Dinosaur Park
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Dinosaur Park is a tourist attraction and dinosaur park in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Dedicated on May 22, 1936, it contains seven dinosaur sculptures on a hill overlooking the city, created to capitalize on the tourists coming to the Black Hills to see Mount Rushmore. Constructed by the City of Rapid City and the Works Progress Administration,[2] WPA Project #960's dinosaurs were designed by Emmet Sullivan. Sullivan also designed the Apatosaurus at Wall Drug nearby in Wall, South Dakota, the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and the dinosaurs at the now closed Dinosaur World in Beaver, Arkansas.
Dinosaur Park | |
Location | 940 Skyline Dr., Rapid City, South Dakota |
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Coordinates | 44°4′40.6″N 103°14′45″W |
Built | May 22, 1936 (1936-05-22) |
Architect | Emmet Sullivan |
Architectural style | Vernacular |
Website | Official website |
NRHP reference No. | 90000956[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 21, 1990 |
The park is located at 940 Skyline Drive and is maintained by the city of Rapid City. Admission is free; however, steep flagstone stairs may limit handicapped accessibility. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1990.