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Archibald Minard
Archibald Minard impacted NDAC in many different ways and over a long period of time. Minard was born in Nova Scotia on January 18th, 1878. When he was 11 years old, he moved to the United States with his parents. Upon earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Harvard, he became a professor of English and Philosophy at NDAC in 1904. Minard worked his way up to becoming the head of the English Department. When D.
Read MoreDacotah Field
Dacotah Field was first built in 1910 and has undergone various changes over the years. Its first location was just northeast of Festival Concert Hall. It was a simple set up and wasn’t enclosed at first. That problem was solved thanks to Mr. C.F. Leonard, a representative from the American Steel and Wire Fence Company, when he kindly donated fencing. The fencing was described to be substantial and artistic. The dime
Read MoreMorrill Hall
This building is dedicated to man that made land grant universities possible, Justin Smith Morrill. He was a U.S. Representative that saw that value of scholarship, teaching, learning, and culture. So on July 2nd, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Land Grant Act into law. What is interesting is that each land grant school has a Morrill Hall. Iowa State? Their Morrill Hall is an Art Museum. The University of
Read MoreCeres Hall
Ceres hall was one of the first buildings on campus, which was built in 1910. This building held a cafeteria, gymnasium, classroom building, and a female residence hall. 115 women could live in this building at one time and had very strict rules. The girls had to be in their rooms at 7:30 pm during the week and gentleman were only allowed on Friday or Saturday evenings and were not allowed past the parlor. Since NDSU
Read MoreSudro Hall
While Sudro Hall is a relatively new building, the Pharmacy program that works out of it is not. The university first started its pharmacy program in 1902 when the university was known as North Dakota Agricultural College. This was at a time when North Dakota was only the fourth state in the nation to require a registered pharmacist. The construction for Sudro Hall began in 1959 as a huge step to help improve the pha
Read MoreBentson Bunker Fieldhouse
In order to meet their College athletic needs, NDSU needed a suitable building that housed a gymnasium. So in 1931, The Physical Education Building was dedicated as the new athletic building. It had three standard basketball courts and bleachers that could seat 3,600 people. The stage at the north end of the building was built so that plays and performances could also be conducted the building. What is interesting is
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 Moorhead Power Plant
The old Moorhead power plant provided clean water and power to the Moorhead community for over one hundred years, through the Great Depression and times of war. In 1895, the city of Moorhead decided to build a power plant in order to ease their reliance on privately held electric companies. The power plant was filled with corruption from the start, going through superintendents rapidly in the first five years of it
Read MoreRev. Oscar H. Elmer: Moorhead “Pioneer Preacher” and Early Presbyterianism in the Red River Valley, 1871-1886
Oscar Henry Elmer was born on August 27, 1844 at Unionville, New York to Henry DeLancy and Julia Ann (DeKay), the second born son of twelve children. Oscar’s father was a harness maker and merchant in Unionville for many years. Elmer began his early education at Unionville Academy (New York) and Mt. Retirement Seminary (New Jersey), and then entered the then Presbyterian-affiliated Hamilton College in Clinton, New Yo
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