McKennan Park

Sources and credits

Where this comes from.

Records

  • National Register of Historic Places, McKennan Park Historic District, ref. 84003359, nomination by Vivian Young, City of Sioux Falls Planning, 1983; listed June 6, 1984; boundary increase 2003.
  • Wyss Inc., Historic Parks: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Brookings, South Dakota, Sixth District Council of Local Governments, 1982 (the plan on the visit page).
  • Confluence, McKennan Park Master Plan, prepared for the Friends of McKennan Park Neighborhood Association, November 4, 2020; Stockwell Engineers, wading pool neighborhood presentation, October 3, 2023. Both hosted by the Friends.
  • Friends of McKennan Park Neighborhood Association, friendsofmckennanpark.com: board, boundaries, calendar, funds, grants and rummage sale pages, read October 2026.
  • Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pierre Weekly Free Press, Eureka Post, Turner County Herald, Aberdeen Democrat, Mitchell Capital, Madison Daily Leader, Philip Weekly Review, Custer Weekly Chronicle, Brookings Register, Sioux Falls Deutscher Herold, 1906 to 1922.
  • Seven historical markers in the park, transcribed.
  • City of Sioux Falls park history and listing; news release of May 28, 2026, on the pool; The McKennan Park Historic District, government access TV, 2010.
  • Plains History biographies of Helen Gale McKennan and E. A. Sherman; Avera Health on McKennan Hospital; Pigeon605 (Dec 2023 pool plans, 2024 garlands, 2025 band shell), Dakota News Now, KELOLAND, 2023 to 2026.

Photographs and artwork

  • Photograph by Missy Kitzman, Sioux Falls, 2010, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • Photograph by AlexiusHoratius, 2013, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • Photograph courtesy John Lommen, about 1957, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • Photograph by Jerry Fisher, 2005, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • National Register of Historic Places nomination photograph, 1983, Vivian Young and Jamie Haworth-Smith, City of Sioux Falls; public record.
  • Linen-era postcard, about 1930 to 1950, publisher unknown.
  • Wyss Inc., Historic Parks: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Brookings, 1982, reproduced in the National Register file.
  • Photograph by Jerry, Sioux Falls, February 2022, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • Frame from The McKennan Park Historic District, City of Sioux Falls government-access television, 2010, via Internet Archive.
  • McKennan Park Master Plan, Confluence for the Friends of McKennan Park Neighborhood Association, November 4, 2020; reproduced in full from the Friends' published PDF.
  • Park map drawn from City of Sioux Falls GIS layers (parcels, buildings, streets, sidewalks, trees, park features), October 2026.
  • Park emblem generated with ChatGPT image tools from a written brief, October 2026, for use by the park and its community.
  • Home page video: a reel cut, without sound, from The McKennan Park Historic District, City of Sioux Falls government-access television, 2010, via Internet Archive. Frames from the same film illustrate the courts, playground, shelter and pool pages.
  • Rummage sale listings map by the Friends on Google My Maps.

About this site

A community reference built from public records. The park is owned and operated by the City of Sioux Falls through Parks and Recreation, 605-367-7060. Corrections welcome; every date traces to a document above.