Harold Theodore Spitznagel was an American architect from South Dakota.
11 Facts About Harold Spitznagel
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Harold Spitznagel's styles included Prairie School, Art Deco, and Moderne architecture.
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Harold Spitznagel graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, was posthumously inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame, and has been called the "foremost 20th-century architect" of the state of South Dakota.
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Harold Spitznagel was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on December 7,1896, to Mary and Charles Harold Spitznagel.
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Harold Spitznagel worked in Indianapolis for six months, then moved to Chicago.
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In 1930 at the beginning of the Great Depression, Harold Spitznagel returned home to Sioux Falls and opened an office in the Western Surety Building on Eighth Street and Main Avenue.
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Harold Spitznagel remodeled this office into the Art Deco style.
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Harold Spitznagel's mid-career was highlighted by institutional buildings: civic structures like city halls and post offices, arenas in Sioux Falls and Huron, and high-profile park buildings for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Custer State Park.
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Harold Spitznagel's firm took on many sacred architecture projects, including an award-winning church in Saint Paul, Minnesota: Jehovah Lutheran.
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Harold Spitznagel retired in June 1972 and died on April 26,1975.
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Harold Spitznagel's papers are in the archives of the University of Minnesota Libraries.