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Walker, Laing and Stone Buildings, 613-621 1st Avenue N., Fargo, N.D.
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| Title | Walker, Laing and Stone Buildings, 613-621 1st Avenue N., Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 197-? |
| Description | Panoramic photograph showing brick commercial buildings located between 613 and 621 1st Avenue N., Fargo, N.D. Business include Northwest Orient Airlines, Elise's interior design, Gaffaney's, and Schmitt Music Center. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Commercial facilities
Interior decoration firms
Music stores
Office equipment & supplies industry
Panoramic photographs
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| Subject (LCSH) | Building, Brick
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| Organization Name | Elise's (Fargo, N.D.)
Gaffney's of Fargo, Inc.
Schmitt Music Company
Stone Block (Fargo, N.D.)
Walker Block
Laing Building (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.) - 1st Avenue N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 1st Avenue N. - 600 block
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| Decade | 1970-1979
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| Item Number | Oversize 2.3 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 24 x 68 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | "The Walker Block, at 621-23 First Avenue N. was built in 1900-02 for T. J. Walker of Walker and Hardy, one of Fargo's largest printers and binders. The architect was Milton Earl Beebe. Beebe used cream-colored brick and red sandstone trim, with four bays on the front facade, separated by pilasters with red sandstone caps. A brick frieze under molded metal cornice, and name block completed the design. In 1928, the owners hired William F. Kurke to redesign the storefront at the first floor. The Laing building, at 617-19, was designed in 1910 by the Hancock Brothers. It is Classical Revival in design with three bays, red Hebron brick waslls, and egg and dart trim running above the third-story windows. This building is topped with a dentilled metal molded cornice and a name block on the parapet." - Fargo's Heritage, by Norene A. Roberts, p. 56-57. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Institute for Regional Studies Oversize Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Oversize 2.3) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs006632 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
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