Old Main is a historic building on the campus of Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. It was designed by Fargo architects Haxby & Gillespie in 1912. [1] [2]
Old Main houses the College of Business, Division of Music, and the Social Science Department. Old Main was recently renovated. [3] The building also houses the Ann Nicole Nelson Hall, an auditorium named in honor of Ann Nicole Nelson, a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks. [4]
Minot is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the city. With a population of 48,377 at the 2020 census, Minot is the state's fourth-most populous city and a trading center for a large part of northern North Dakota, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Saskatchewan. Founded in 1886 during the construction of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway, Minot is also known as "Magic City", commemorating its remarkable growth in size over a short time.
Minot State University is a public university in Minot, North Dakota. Founded in 1913 as a normal school, MSU evolved into a university, and is currently the third-largest university in North Dakota, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The Minot Daily News is an American daily newspaper, printed in downtown Minot, North Dakota. It originated as the Burlington Reporter and was published out of Burlington, then the county seat, until the early 20th century. It is the primary daily paper for Ward County, as well as north central and northwest North Dakota, with an average daily circulation of 11,500 on weekdays.
Charles Keck was an American sculptor from New York City, New York.
Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns Jr. (1843–1917). The firm worked on in a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style.
Clifton is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. The population was 8,408 in the 2020 census.
MSU Dome is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in the north central United States, located at 11th Ave NW on the campus of Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. Built in the early 1980s, is home to the Minot State Beavers basketball team. It is also regularly used for the Prairie Rose State Games, Regional Special Olympics, Math Track Meets, and Minot High School and MSU graduation ceremonies. The MSU Dome is also home to several North Dakota High School Championships each year, of these the North Dakota State Class B Basketball Championship is the biggest attraction to Minot and the Dome.
Dakota Square Mall is an enclosed shopping center in the city of Minot, North Dakota. The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney, Scheels All Sports, Target, Barnes & Noble, AMC Theatres, T-Mobile, Party City, Carter's, Old Navy, and Ulta Beauty.
Arthur Peabody was the campus architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1905 to 1915 and the state architect of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1938.
Bottineau Winter Park is a modest alpine ski area in the midwestern United States, nestled in the Turtle Mountains of north-central North Dakota. Located 10 miles (16 km) north of Bottineau and three miles (5 km) south of the international border with Canada (Manitoba) in Bottineau County, BWP covers 40 acres (0.16 km2) and was started in 1969 by local businessmen.
The North Dakota School for the Deaf (NDSD) is a state-funded residential school located in Devils Lake, North Dakota that provides services to meet the educational needs of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. NDSD is under the direction, control, and management of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The current superintendent of the school is Donna Sorensen.
The University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District is a historic district located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, it includes a number of historic buildings that were constructed during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and represents the oldest extant section of the University of Minnesota campus. The general area was designed by landscape architect Horace W. S. Cleveland, who envisioned a park-like University. His plan, that he presented to the Board of Regents, went on to help form the Historic District. It is located directly to the north of the University's Northrop Mall Historic District.
The Minot Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is a program of Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. Although a separate agency, the university's music department oversees the handling of the orchestra. Maestro Efrain Amaya, a professor of music at Minot State University, is the orchestra's conductor and has held the position since 2015.
Sigdal House is an historic Norwegian log home which was relocated to Minot, North Dakota.
Ira L. Rush (1890-1949) was an American architect in practice in Minot, North Dakota from 1915 until his death in 1949.
Haxby & Gillespie was an architectural firm from Fargo, North Dakota. R. J. Haxby and William D. Gillespie were the partners. The firm "produced a number of important buildings throughout North Dakota." They designed many notable public, educational, commercial, and church buildings, in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.
William F. Kurke (1889–1965) was a prolific architect in North Dakota.
The Arlene Theater is the name of a performance theater in Downtown Minot, North Dakota.
The Taube Museum of Art is an art museum in Downtown Minot, North Dakota. The museum, previously known as the Minot Art Gallery, was named after Lillian and Coleman Taube.
Clyde Nelson Friz (1867–1942) was an architect in Baltimore, Maryland, who was active in his field from 1900 until his death in 1942. He is noted for designing the main Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch, the Scottish Rite Temple with John Russell Pope, the Standard Oil Building, and numerous residential commissions in Tuscany-Canterbury and elsewhere.
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