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| Title | Building at 301 N.P. Avenue, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1935 |
| Description | View of the Pence Automobile Company Warehouse building located at 301 N.P. Avenue in Fargo, N.D. The building is a three story concrete, brick and glazed tile building in the Classical Revival style. Signs in the windows of the building state "New the new value Dodge" and "It's the biggest show in town. 1935 Plymouth now here". Several automobiles visible through the front windows. Also several automobile are parked on the street in front of the building. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Automobile dealerships
Automobiles
Automobile industry
Commercial facilities
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| Subject (LCSH) | Plymouth automobile
Dodge automobile
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| Subject (AAT) | Classical Revival
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| Organization Name | Pence Automobile Co. (Fargo, N.D.)
Vincent-Kelly Inc. (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.) - N.P. Avenue
Fargo (N.D.) - N.P. Avenue - 300 block
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2007.0386-01 |
| Negative Number | 2007.0386-01 |
| 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 Pence Automobile Company warehouse was designed by Long, Lamoreaux, and Long in 1919 at a cost of $125, 000. The architects were well-known for their large government and commercial commissions in Minnesota. In an earlier partnership Long had designed the Minneapolis city hall. The Pense Company building is faced with a cream brick and decorated with glazed terra cotta blocks a the moldings and cornice." - Fargo's Heritage, by Norene A. Roberts, p. 20.
The Pence Automobile Company Warehouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on January 7, 1994.
The 1934 Fargo city directory list the dealership of Vincent-Kelly Inc. at the address 301 N.P. Avenue. |
| 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 (2007.0386-01) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by the Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005962 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
