Specifications include, but are not limited to: Survey Components Preparation – The Consultant will perform research to review all existing materials relevant to Perkins and Harding County’s historic properties, including information contained within the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) files and the South Dakota State Archives. Resources kept by any relevant local repositories, such as a local historical society, courthouse, or library, may also be useful. All site forms, photographs, maps, and other files relevant to prior survey work in Perkins and Harding Counties will be made available to the Consultant by the State. Fieldwork and Data Entry Requirements – The Consultant will complete fieldwork and data entry for the survey as follows: Properties to be newly surveyed – Following the guidelines established in the South Dakota Architectural Survey Manual (2021) attached as Exhibit D, the Consultant will traverse every public rural road and urban street within Perkins County and Harding County. Please note these counties are highly rural, sparsely populated, and geographically located adjacent each other. Each structure, bridge, or cemetery not previously surveyed that are older than forty years and appear to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places will be recorded on a new South Dakota Historic Sites Structure Form. New survey records will be added to the state database through the web application: https://history.sd.gov/SHPOHS/.
