“Inman Hall”

Site of Inman Stadium built in 1924 where all University football games were played from 1908 until the completion of the DakotaDome in 1979.

This mall and the stadium that stood here are named for Darwin M. Inman who founded the bank that later became the Vermillion branch of the National Bank of South Dakota. Mr. Inman, with three other local community leaders, met in April 1881 and formed a non-profit association entitled the ‘University of Dakota’. A local bond issue was floated one year later and construction began on a two-story building of Sioux Falls quartzite. Classes began in the fall of 1882 in the court house pending completion of the building. Mr. Inman served for a number of years on the board of directors and trustees of the University. He was instrumental in the hiring of many of the faculty and administrators that shaped the role of the University in South Dakota affairs during the early years.

Clay County, SD 50- USD campus, new School of Law building (1988)