Peter Norbeck Summer House, Log house in Custer State Park, Custer County, United States

The Peter Norbeck Summer House, also called Valhalla, is a large one-and-a-half-story log house with saddle-notched corners, standing in Custer State Park near Custer, South Dakota. It was built in 1927 as a summer residence for Peter Norbeck, a two-term governor of South Dakota who was then serving as a senator.

Built in 1927 as a summer residence for Peter Norbeck, a Progressive politician and two-term South Dakota governor who was then serving as a senator, the log house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 September 1977. Its listing cited both its architecture and its association with Norbeck, who lived from 1870 to 1936.

The house is also known as Valhalla, a name tied to Norse mythology. It was built in 1927 for Peter Norbeck, a Progressive politician and two-term governor of South Dakota who later served as a senator. The name and the log construction show how a politician's summer retreat in Custer State Park was given a personal, mythic label.

The house stands inside Custer State Park near Custer, South Dakota, in Custer County. It is a one-and-a-half-story log building, so look for the saddle-notched corners where the logs interlock at the angles. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, designated on 13 September 1977.

The house is also known as Valhalla, a name tied to Norse mythology. Peter Norbeck, a Progressive politician and two-term South Dakota governor, used the log retreat while serving as a senator; he died in 1936, nine years after the house was built.