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Saint 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 MoreSaddle & Sirlion Club
J.H Sheppard, once Professor of Agriculture and President of North Dakota Agricultural College, spent time in Chicago at the International Judging Contest. He believed that NDAC should have an organization like this because it would increase the animal husbandry interest on campus. So in March 1918, Saddle and Sirloin Club was born and still thrives today. [1] The biggest event that S&S club puts on is Little Int
Read MoreShepperd Arena
In March of 1952 at the 5th annual North Dakota Spring Market Hog Show, the NDAC Livestock Pavillion was renamed the Shepperd Arena. This building can hold 1,500 people, and it has as well arrival rooms for the livestock and and a meat laboratory. In the 1970s, the arena grew and expanded its meat laboratory. Little International, Shepperd Arena’s biggest event of the year, uses the arena for livestock judging as wel
Read MoreLoretta Building
The Loretta Building was built in two phases by businessmen and former Mayor Peter Elliott. The first phase of the building (now known as south portion) was completed in 1909. Peter named this building after his youngest daughter, Loretta Elliott. In 1910, the Bergstrom and Crowe Furniture Store became the first tenants in this building (Bergstrom and Crowe remained until 1940). In 1912, The second and final phase wa
Read MoreFederal Building
Today the Federal Building and Main Post Office are in the same building in downtown Fargo on 2nd Ave North between Roberts and 7th St. The building you see today is a remodeled look of the originally building that was built in 1930. From 1930 until 1970, the original building served as the Post Office, Federal Courthouse, and Federal Building. In 1998, a new four story addition was completed on the west side of the
Read MoreOld Moorhead Flour Mill
According to Mark Peihl, the old Moorhead Flour Mill was located on the River Bank, just South of where the Main Avenue Bridge is today. In 1874, Henry Bruns built his own Flour Mill in Moorhead. The mill was successful, making top quality bread-flour. In 1878, the wheat production in the Red River Valley was at the maximum load of the Bruns Flour Mill, to store extra wheat, the area needed a grain elevator. In 1878
Read MoreThe Comstock House
Built in 1882, in block 3 of the Highland Addition to the city, one of the highest points in Moorhead which was a sure way to avoid the annual flooding from the Red River Valley stands the Solomon G. Comstock House. Comstock used the architectural firm Kees & Kisk from Minneapolis, Minnesota to sketch and make the plans for the house. The ho use is in the style of Queen Ann East Lake style design. It is an
Read MoreThe Old Broadway
The Old Broadway is located in what was originally called The Edwards Building, which started construction in 1900 and opened for business by its main tenant, Alex Stern and Company, in 1903. Stern and Company operated in the space for 51 years before closing and became the S&L Department Store in 1954, and later the Herbst Department Store before transitioning to the restaurant we see today. Opened as a restaura
Read MoreMother Mary John Hughes
The order came to the Dakota Territory, in 1880 under Mother Mary John Hughes to own and run a free school, home, and academy. In the summer of 1882 the Presentation Sisters left for Fargo under the invitation of Father James Stephan and the recommendation of the regional bishop. Mother Mary John Hughes and her order of educators quickly set about teaching catechism lesson in the church while they waited for their pe
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