Savo Hall, also known as the Finnish National Society Hall, is a historic meeting hall in Savo Township, Brown County,

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. The hall was constructed in 1899 to serve as a meeting place for Savo's

Finnish-American Finnish Americans ( fi, amerikansuomalaiset, ) comprise Americans with ancestral roots from Finland or Finnish people who immigrated to and reside in the United States. The Finnish-American population numbers a little bit more than 650,000. Man ...

community. The Finnish National Society of Savo, formed the previous year, built the hall; the society consisted of Finnish-American residents of the area and largely consisted of members of the local Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church. The hall hosted a variety of social functions, including theatrical and musical shows, sporting events, and temperance meetings. Of the four Finnish-American social halls built in South Dakota, the hall is the only one still in existence. The hall was added to the

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on November 13, 1985.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota Buildings and structures completed in 1899 Buildings and structures in Brown County, South Dakota Finnish-American culture in South Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-NRHP-stub