Old creamery building demolished in Hills

Stone Hill Excavation of Sioux Falls tears down the former Hills Co-Op Creamery Association building on West Third Street in Hills on Aug. 25 and hauls away the structure. The two-story brick building was constructed in 1927 and local dairy producers supplied the milk to make butter. According to the Hills Centennial book, the creamery closed in 1961. The building and half-acre site had a variety of uses through the years. Kris Gagnon with Banking Barns of Hills purchased the building and property in 2016. Gagnon stored harvested and salvage lumber in the former creamery. The sandstone blocks from the creamery were saved for possible use in a new building at the site.