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916/914 Main Avenue Firehouse
The Main Avenue Firehouse was established in 1910 and was known as Fire Department No. 2. The building remained a firehouse throughout the 1960s [i]. Since then the building has been a home to a wide variety of groups and businesses. From being a Native American Cultural center, boxing center, to soup kitchen, and now a charming coffee house the building has served its community in a wide variety of ways and continue
Read MoreJohn Boler
One of the broadcasting pioneers in Fargo, and throughout the state of North Dakota was John Boler. At the height of his career, he managed 100 radio stations throughout the region, many of which he owned including KVOX-AM/Fargo (Now on 740 kHz), and later KFGO/Fargo (790 kHz). Boler also foresaw the rise of television signing on the city’s second television station (Behind WDAY-TV), KXJB-TV (Now KRDK-TV.) Whil
Read MoreSolomon Comstock
Solomon Comstock came to Moorhead in 1871. He came from a modest background, born in May 9, 1842, in Maine. His father was in the lumber business and from a young age Comstock knew that was not what he not what he wanted to do with his life. Comstock attended the Maine Wesleyen Academy in Readfield, Maine in his early twenties. It was known for its law degrees. Comstock received practical training in a law office of
Read MoreHotel Donaldson (HoDo)
Originally built for the “International Order of Oddfellows” in 1893, The building that the Hotel Donaldson occupies was one of the first buildings in Downtown after the historic fire that destroyed most of Downtown Fargo. Records show that it was 1915-16 when the building was renovated to the hotel that is still in business today. Originally billed as a “modern european hotel”, the 2nd and 3r
Read MorePeter Meehan and G.A. Saumweber
Four men were arrested in Moorhead by the federal prohibition agents Wednesday March, 15. The establishments that raided were, Peter Meehan, the soft drink parlor on 23 Fourth Street South, The Oxford club, 224 First Avenue South, Martin Redman Cigar Store, 11 Fourth Street North, and G. A. Saumweber barber shop, 15 Fourth Street South. No liquor was found at the Oxford club or the Redman establishment. The liquor wa
Read MoreJake Schumaker
Jake Schumaker will be given a preliminary hearing in charge of selling liquor to a youth who had told police in court that he had given the beverage to two Fargo minors a few days prior. Schumaker was arrested by police and then taken before Judge E.U. Wade. The youth was 16 years old would also be arraigned in police court. Fargo Police found one of the minors who was 15 years old around the back of a Broadway hote
Read MoreSaint Mary’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s Cathedral was built in 1899 as the Catholic Church in Fargo. The property also contains the Bishop’s Residence as today the Cathedral also serves as the seat of the Diocese of Fargo. Having been built in 1899, the architecture, designed by Edward P. Barssford, is that of a Victorian Gothic Design with the tower standing at 172 feet and housing the lone bell on the Church. The smaller tower of
Read MoreFirst Lutheran Church
The current First Lutheran Church was built in 1919 after the merger between First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The first service was held in the church’s basement on Christmas Day with services in the main sanctuary beginning in 1920. There was a First Lutheran in Fargo before the current building. The original First Lutheran was on the 400 block of Ro
Read MoreO.E. Flaten
The Flaten family is from Norway. O.E. Flaten was born November 6, 1854 in Vanders Norway. He came to America at the age of seventeen. at the urging of his uncle, Ole Boe, who sent him $45 for his passage over the Atlantic. After five long weeks at sea, Flaten arrived in Quebec, Canada. From Quebec he traveled by water and stagecoach, to Northfield, Minnesota. Flaten stayed there for six years, working for the photog
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