In 1985, Margaret Ann Everist established a Building Endowment Fund, and the Art Center Association of Sioux City, led by William T. Dible, Dr. Frederick Stark and others, raised money specifically to build the current Sioux City Art Center. The new building would be more than three times the size of its former home, and cost 9.2 million dollars: $1 million was provided by the City, led by then-mayor Bob Scott, with the Association providing the remaining $8.2 million. Without her foresight and determination the new building would never have happened. Planning for the Sioux City Art Center building itself began in 1991, culminating in the ground-breaking ceremony at 225 Nebraska Street on August 24, 1994. Joseph Gonzalez of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed the museum, W.A. Klinger, Inc. of Sioux City was the general contractor who physically created it and Hubert H. Everist oversaw the details of the entire process.