Grand Forks freight station

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Great Northern Freight Warehouse and Depot
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Location899 Second Ave. N., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°55′19.2″N97°2′17.5″W / 47.922000°N 97.038194°W / 47.922000; -97.038194
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha) [1]
Built1904
Architect Great Northern Railway
NRHP reference No. 89002031 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 1990

Grand Forks freight station is a former freight warehouse in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, built for the Great Northern Railway in 1904, during the Second Dakota Boom.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1990 as the Great Northern Freight Warehouse and Depot, at which time it was being renovated into rental apartments. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Dr. Norene Roberts and Ronald L.M. Ramsay (March 4, 1989). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Great Northern Freight Warehouse and Depot". National Park Service . Retrieved June 20, 2012.