Stratford Building

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Stratford Building
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Location311 DeMers Ave.,
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°55′29″N97°1′50″W / 47.92472°N 97.03056°W / 47.92472; -97.03056
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1913
Architectural style Early Commercial; Vernacular-Craftsman
MPS Downtown Grand Forks MRA [1]
NRHP reference No. 82001339 [2]
Added to NRHPOctober 26, 1982

The Stratford Building is a property in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

It was built in 1913 as a reconstruction of the first, 1902-built Masonic Temple building in Grand Forks, which had burned partially on January 18, 1912. The reconstruction retained parts of the first floor of the earlier version. [2]

It includes Early Commercial, "Vernacular-Craftsman" and other architecture. [2]

When listed the property included just the one contributing building on an area of less than 1 acre (0.40 ha). [2]

The listing is described in its North Dakota Cultural Resources Survey document. [3]

The property was covered in a 1981 study of Downtown Grand Forks historical resources. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Norene Roberts & Joe Roberts (November 30, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places: Downtown Grand Forks MRA". National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. Joe Roberts; Norene Roberts & Gary Henrickson (September 1981). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Stratford Building". National Park Service. and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1981