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| Title | Swart House at 109 8th Street N., Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1917? |
| Description | Two and a half story wood frame Second Empire Victorian style boarding house with Mansard roof featuring dormer windows, open front porch with second story balcony with wrought iron banister. View taken in winter with snow on the ground. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Art & Architecture
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Lodging houses
Porches
Mansard roofs
Dormers
Snow
Winter
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| Subject (LCSH) | Architecture, Victorian
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| Organization Name | Swart House (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.) - 8th Street N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 8th Street N. - 100 block
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2007.0113-04 |
| Negative Number | 2007.0113-04 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 15 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | The three story building at 109 8th Street N. (formerly 9th Street N.) belonged to a complex of boarding houses belonging to Sara Swart, wife of Charles Nears Swart. The Swart's moved to Fargo in 1879, and bought property on the western edge of town. Because Mr. Swart was an engineer with Northern Pacific Railway, he was away from home most of the time, and Mrs. Swart was very lonely, so she began to take in lodgers at her home at 110 7th Street (formerly 8th Street). The Swart House became a popular hostelry, and soon the complex boasted of three buildings and a barn. The largest, a 28 room building called "The Big House" was located at 109 8th Street. The lodging house was a popular with divorce seekers during the years when divorce laws required only a 90 day residency period. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Homes Photograph Collection 2007
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2007.113-04) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by the Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005931 |
| Original Source | Negative |
