Yankton Mall 2101 Broadway Ave. (605) 665-5999 www.yanktonmall.com With over 20 businesses, including an arcade and theatre, the Yankton Mall will enhance your total Yankton shopping, dining and entertainment experience. Several events and promotions are held throughout the year including Santa Photos, Home Show, Farmers Market and the Riverboat Days celebration with over 170 craft booths at the mall. Open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from Noon – 5 p.m. Art Galleries, Historical Sites and Museums Bede Art Gallery 1105 W. 8th St. (605) 668-1011 or (855) 686-2789 Bede Art Gallery provides a cultural center where professional artists showcase their work. The gallery, located in the lobby of Marian Auditorium on Mount Marty College campus, is named after and in remembrance of the Benedictine monk, Bede the Venerable. Monthly exhibits from regional artists are featured throughout the school year, many with an artist’s Gallery Talk and reception. A student exhibit highlights the end of each semester. The gallery is open to the public at no cost from Sept. through May. Open Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel 1005 W. 8th St. (605) 668-6000 A distinctive Yankton landmark built in 1950; Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel is considered one of the country’s best examples of western architecture. Saints depicted over the front doorway include Saints Gertrude the Great, Lioba, Scholastica, Benedict, Gregory, Anselm and Bede. At the back of the Upper Chapel is a plaque on the east wall that commemorates the loving memory of the deceased Sisters of the Benedictine Convent of Sacred Heart Monastery. Open daily from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tours available Monday-Friday or by appointment. Gift shop items are available in the Sacred Heart Monastery. Christ Episcopal Church 517 Douglas Ave. (605) 665-2456 www.christepiscopalchurchyankton.com You will be captivated and inspired by the memorial stained-glass windows, the powerful rich sound of the organ and the warm, mellow woodwork in this over 150 year old church. Tours of the church are available by calling the church office. Cramer Kenyon Heritage Home and Dorothy Jencks Memorial Garden 509 Pine St. (605) 665-7470 www.cramer-kenyon.webs.com Completed in 1886, by the Secretary of the Dakota Territory, this stately home is the tallest Queen Anne home in South Dakota. Unique features of the home include heavy double doors in the front entry, high coved ceilings, combination gas and electric chandeliers and replicated wallpaper in the parlors. The home remains in its original 1880s décor with oil paintings by Alice Bullfinch Cramer decorating the walls. Open for guided tours from Memorial Day through Labor Day, 10 – VISITORS GUIDE • YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA Wednesday – Sunday from 1 – 5 p.m. During the off season, the home is open by appointment. Admission is free will donations. Dakota Spirit 4th Street and Broadway Avenue Keep Yankton Beautiful presented this fountain to the City of Yankton in 2006. The fountain reconnects Yankton with its past of being called “The Fountain City”. This fountain fittingly called “Dakota Spirit” was sculpted out of one solid 18 ton block of South Dakota granite from Milbank. The fountain appears to be made of many layers. These layers represent all the different people that make up South Dakota’s past and present. Dakota Territorial Capitol Replica Riverside Park (Intersection of Douglas Avenue & Levee Street) (605) 668-5231 The capitol replica symbolizes Yankton as being the first capitol of the Dakota Territory from 1861-1883. The replica is patterned after the original Dakota Territorial Capitol built in Yankton in 1862 and torn down in 1886. Displays in the building include photographs of old Yankton, maps of the Dakota Territory, a gallery of former Dakota Territorial governors and a tribute to the local St. John’s Masonic Lodge. Visitors will want to view the quilt highlighting Yankton landmarks, made by the four Yankton Quester chapters. For rental and viewing of the capitol contact the Parks & Recreation Department. Dakota Territorial Museum 610 Summit St. (605) 665-3898 www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org Take a step back in time as you enter the Dakota Territorial Museum. The museum holds a large collection of rare memorabilia of early life in the Dakota Territory. Some of the exhibits include the musical instruments of Felix Vinatieri, the band leader for General George Custer’s 7th Calvary band, a Max Copper Vintage Boat Motor and fishing collection, Great Northern railroad caboose, 1870s log house and one-room country school. Summer hours include May 1 through Sept. 30, Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday from Noon – 4 p.m. Winter hours are Oct. 1 through April 30, daily from Noon – 4 p.m. and by appointment yearround. Admission is free will donation. G.A.R. Hall Art Gallery Yankton Area Arts Association 508 Douglas Ave. (605) 665-9754 www.YanktonAreaArts.org This finely preserved Civil War building is the home of Yankton Area Arts Association and provides a charming setting for monthly art exhibits, receptions and meetings. There is a fullyequipped kitchen and large classroom in the basement. Historically, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) built the hall in 1887 as the Phil Kearney Post No. 7, a meeting place for Union veterans and their auxiliary. Call for more information, gallery exhibits, special events and rentals. Open Monday - Friday 1-5 p.m. and Saturday 1-3 p.m. Admission is free. The gallery is handicap accessible.