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Pete Werle House Pat Holland House
nd
14. 101 2 Street 15. 314 Main Avenue

Built 1905
Built 1905

Constructed The Holland Family
by M.E. Kern emigrated from
Ireland to Canada,
Architectural and then to the United
Style: States. They settled in
Modified Fort Pierre and
Queen Anne opened a tailor shop and shoe store on Main Street. Behind their
business, they constructed this two-story house in 1905. Their
son, Bill Holland, was a rodeo announcer in Fort Pierre for years
Pete Werle and one of the founders of the South Dakota Rodeo Association.
was a rancher
who had a ranch about 14 miles southwest of Fort Pierre on Bad
River Road. The ranch was later owned by Werle’s stepson Harry
Briggs and was bought by Lloyd Hannum in 1939. The ranch is G. Robertson House
now owned by Ted Turner, the American media proprietor who 16. Corner 5 Street & Main Avenue
th
founded the Cable News Network (CNN) and TBS.

Werle drowned in the Bad River near the ranch headquarters.
Werle also ran a dray line in Fort Pierre in 1870s and 80s. It is Built 1909
believed the Werle house was built by M.E. Kern in 1905. It is a
wood structure in Modified Queen Anne style. Isabel Warne, Constructed by G.
owner of Warne’s Grocery & Western Wear, owned the house in Robertson
1976.
Architectural Style:
Modified Georgian
Revival

This house was built in 1909 by G. Robertson and later owned by
James Terbell. Robertson owned a lumber yard that was located
behind the present Stanley County courthouse. This house is
finished with fine woodwork.

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