Skarsbo Apartments

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Skarsbo Apartments
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Location204 and 210 North Sixth Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°55′29″N97°02′09″W / 47.924596°N 97.03596°W / 47.924596; -97.03596 Coordinates: 47°55′29″N97°02′09″W / 47.924596°N 97.03596°W / 47.924596; -97.03596
Built1928
ArchitectTheodore B. Wells
Architectural styleLate 19th & 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No. 13000634
Added to NRHPAugust 27, 2013

The Skarsbo Apartments is a group of buildings located at 204 and 210 North Sixth Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota which were added to the National Register of Historic Places on 27 August 2013. The complex consists of two nearly identical brick apartment buildings and an associated caretakers cottage. The buildings are considered to be excellent examples of apartment buildings built in Grand Forks in the late 1920s. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Skarsbo Apartments". National Park Service. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. National Register of Historic Places, Skarsbo Apartments, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, National Register #13000634