11places
11businesses
1888oldest
9still open
2gone
2with photos
Sturgis on When It Was is 11 addresses and the 11 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1888. 9 are still open today; 2 are gone, and 1 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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Hotel Sturgis (Benevolent Hall)
1144 Main St · 1892–present
Built in 1892 as a fraternal lodge hall, gutted by fire in 1906 and rebuilt the same year, this Main Street building has since been a hardwa…
Bear Butte (Matȟó Pahá)
20250 SD Highway 79
A solitary mountain rising from the plains that Red Cloud, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull all made pilgrimages to — and that remains an active…
Jackpine Gypsies Racing Grounds
1216 Short Track Rd · 1938–present
The entire Sturgis Motorcycle Rally started as a side effect of a dirt-track race at this one small track — organized by a local Indian Moto…
One-Eyed Jack's Saloon
1304 Main St · 1999–present
Billed as the largest bar on Main Street, One-Eyed Jack's became such valuable rally real estate that it reportedly sold at auction for $5.5…
Sturgis Buffalo Chip
20622 Fort Meade Way · 1981–present
Bikers got kicked out of Sturgis City Park in 1981 — so a local rancher built them a 600-acre kingdom four miles down the road instead.
Sturgis Commercial Block
1000 Main St · 1888–present
Nine cut-stone storefronts raised in 1888-1900 are the last standing witnesses to Sturgis's origins as a lawless boomtown known to locals as…
Sturgis, decade by decade
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1930s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
Still here, and gone
Still open (9)
- Sturgis Commercial Block 1888–present
- Hotel Sturgis (Benevolent Hall) 1892–present
- Jackpine Gypsies Racing Grounds 1938–present
- Sturgis Buffalo Chip 1981–present
- Broken Spoke Saloon 1988–present
- One-Eyed Jack's Saloon 1999–present
- The Knuckle Saloon & Brewing Co. 2000–present
- Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame 2002–present
- Bear Butte (Matȟó Pahá)
Gone (2)
- Full Throttle Saloon (original) 1999–2015
- Hoel's Indian Motorcycle Shop 1936–1970
By kind of place
Bar (4)
Full Throttle Saloon (original) · One-Eyed Jack's Saloon · The Knuckle Saloon & Brewing Co. · Broken Spoke Saloon
Motorcycle Dealership (1)
Sacred Site (1)
Museum (1)
Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame
Historic District (1)
Hotel (1)
Hotel Sturgis (Benevolent Hall)
Music Venue (1)
Motorsports Venue (1)
Collections that cover Sturgis
Every place in Sturgis (11)
- Bear Butte (Matȟó Pahá) 20250 SD Highway 79
- Broken Spoke Saloon 905 Lazelle St · 1988–present
- Full Throttle Saloon (original) 12997 SD Highway 34 · 1999–2015
- Hoel's Indian Motorcycle Shop Junction Avenue · 1936–1970
- Hotel Sturgis (Benevolent Hall) 1144 Main St · 1892–present
- Jackpine Gypsies Racing Grounds 1216 Short Track Rd · 1938–present
- One-Eyed Jack's Saloon 1304 Main St · 1999–present
- Sturgis Buffalo Chip 20622 Fort Meade Way · 1981–present
- Sturgis Commercial Block 1000 Main St · 1888–present
- Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame 999 Main St · 2002–present
- The Knuckle Saloon & Brewing Co. 931 1st St · 2000–present
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