deLendrecie's Department Store was a

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...

located in

Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in ...

. The Original O.J. deLendecie Company building at 620 thru 624 Main Avenue in Fargo was listed on the

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in 1979. In 1972 during development of the West Acres Mall, deLendrecie's moved its entire Fargo location to the newly built mall as its largest opening anchor tenant. The department store offered mid-range

dry goods Dry goods is a historic term describing the type of product line a store carries, which differs by region. The term comes from the textile trade, and the shops appear to have spread with the mercantile trade across the British Empire (and forme ...

, housewares, luxury personal items and imported luxury items from Europe. deLendrecie's was eventually sold to the

Dillard's Dillard's, Inc. is an upscale American department store chain with approximately 282 stores in 29 states and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Currently, the largest number of stores are located in Texas with 57 and Florida with 42. The ...

Department store company and later sold again to

Herberger's G. R. Herberger Inc. is a department store chain founded in 1927 with locations throughout the Midwestern United States. The chain was sold in the late 1990s amid growing consolidation in the department store industry, while continuing to operate ...

Department Stores of St. Cloud, Minnesota. The original O.J. deLendrecie Company building was built in 1894 in Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals and Richardsonian Classical style, and was designed by McMillen & Tenbusch (1894) and by Andrew J. O'Shea (1904 addition). and The original store was prominently located in downtown Fargo near the

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Depot on Main Avenue. The building was expanded vertically in 1904 as deLendrecie changed the name of his store from The Chicago Dry Goods House to The O.J. deLendrecie Company. The listing includes one

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on an area of less than . deLendrecie's Department store was rebranded as a

in 1998 bringing almost 100 years of service to the Fargo/Moorhead area to a close.Herberger's stores in Fargo, Moorhead to close
/ref> In 2020 the deLendrecies name was revived as an online shopping destination
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Buildings and structures in Fargo, North Dakota Commercial buildings completed in 1894 Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in North Dakota Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Cass County, North Dakota Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub