Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898

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Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898
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Grand Forks Mercantile Building in 2009
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Location112–118 N. Third St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°55′42″N97°1′56″W / 47.92833°N 97.03222°W / 47.92833; -97.03222
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1898
Architect Stoltze & Schick
Architectural style Early Commercial
MPS Downtown Grand Forks MRA
NRHP reference No. 04000700 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 2004

Grand Forks Mercantile Building is a property in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2004. Built in 1898, the building includes Early Commercial architecture. Though the design has in the past been attributed to Grand Forks architect John W. Ross, [2] the architects were Stoltze & Schick of La Crosse, Wisconsin. [3]

It is located at 112–118 N Third Street in Grand Forks. Another building, at 124 N 3rd Street, named the Grand Forks Mercantile Co., was built in 1893 and is also listed on the NRHP. Although both buildings are within the Downtown Grand Forks area, only the 1893 one was identified for NRHP listing in a 1981 study of the area. [4] The 1893 one was listed on the NRHP in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Peg O'Leary (January 14, 2004). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898". National Park Service. and Accompanying 21 photos, exterior and interior, from 1993 and 2004 (see photo captions pages 19–20 of text document)
  3. Improvement Bulletin, January 22, 1898, 16.
  4. Norene Roberts and Joe Roberts (November 30, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places: Downtown Grand Forks MRA". National Park Service.