Originally built in 1911, this Classical Style building was built by the Fargo National Bank to be used as it’s main bank building. It was built with Greek Ionic Pillars out of Tennessee Marble. It was designed by EE Joralemon out of Minneapolis and cost Fargo National Bank approximately $55,000. Fargo National bank left the building in 1926 to move to a different location downtown as they had out grown this building. From 1926 until late 1990’s, various businesses operated inside, most of which were in the Insurance field.
This building was built to replace the original wood two story building that had been built in the late 1880’s. The originally building does not have much history to it besides that it used to house the Citizens National Bank before they moved across the street in 1894. The reason why Citizens national bank moved was because the basement of the original building caught fire in 1894, almost burning down the whole building.
Fort Knox Building
