Sioux Falls National Bank

Now, let’s spin you back to Sioux Falls in 1917. World War I rumbled in the background, but here, a totally different kind of tower was making history! Picture the city buzzing as cranes hoisted steel beams high, and everyone stared upward, jaws dropped. This was the Sioux Falls National Bank—designed by the famed architects Weary & Alford from Chicago, with a couple of Minneapolis builders, Pike & Cook, making sure every brick stayed put. It shot up nine bold stories, making it the tallest building in all of South Dakota. You could say it was the skyscraper that made the rest look short!