Wallace L. Dow

As a contractor he built several buildings designed by his uncle, the architect Edward Dow, including the Newport Town Hall of 1872.

During this time he supervised construction of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord, which would prove to be useful experience.

Construction in Pierre was minimal, but in February, 1881, Governor Nehemiah G. Ordway, a former New Hampshire state senator, appointed Dow architect of the new prison to be built at Sioux Falls.

He designed many public buildings, and played an important role in development of the construction stone industry in the state.

[4] At least fourteen buildings designed by Dow have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, though one has been demolished.

The former Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls , designed by Dow in 1889 and completed in 1890, is one of the architect's most distinctive buildings.