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A.O.U.W. Building, 112-114 Roberts Street, Fargo, N.D.
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| Title | A.O.U.W. Building, 112-114 Roberts Street, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1934-1936 |
| Creator | Anderson, David, 1883-1962
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| Description | Three story brick building with "A.O.U.W." over the front door. Business signs on building for, Merchants National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Hall-Hooper Land Co., Walker-Hooper Insurance Agency, S. Birch & Sons Construction Co., Tobin News Agency, and the Clinic of Dr. Hanna, Dr. Clay, Dr. Lancaster, Dr. Larson, Dr. Huschka, and Dr. Fortney. Two automobiles are parked on the street in front of the building. The building is classically ornamented with decorative quoins, arched windows on the third level, dental molding, a cartouche on the parapet and a flag pole rising front the top center of the building. Image taken during a rain, with the street wet. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Fraternal lodges
Insurance companies
Real estate development
Quoins
Cartouches
Flagpoles
Automobiles
Rain
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| Subject (LCSH) | Building, Brick
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| Organization Name | Ancient Order of United Workmen
Merchants National Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Fargo, N.D.)
Tobin News Agency (Fargo, N.D.)
Hall-Hooper Land Co. (Fargo, N.D.)
Walker-Hooper Insurance Agency (Fargo, N.D.)
S. Birch & Sons Construction Co. (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - Roberts Street
Fargo (N.D.) - Roberts Street - 100 block
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2023.81.1 |
| Negative Number | 2023.K-36 (5 x 7 glass) |
| Format of Original | Glass negatives
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 18 x 13 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | "Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at 112-14 Roberts, was built in 1914-15, from plans by Haxby and Gillespie, Fargo architects. It is classically ornamented with Palladian windows and engaged Tuscan columns. The A.O.U.W. Lodge was placed on the National Register in 1979." - Fargo's Heritage, by Norene A. Roberts. 1983, p. 56. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Library, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | David Anderson Photograph Collection 2023
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/912 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2023.81.1) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs002885 |
| Original Source | Glass negative |
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