The New Hampshire Apartments in
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...
were listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982. They were built in 1904 at a cost of $26,000 and were significant as a building designed by architect
Joseph Bell DeRemer. The apartments were an example of commercial
vernacular architecture, and the building was the first in Grand Forks to have a planned second-story-level walkway to another building (the Security Building).
When listed on the National Register, the apartment complex was one of few remaining downtown structures designed by DeRemer with classical details.[ and ] It was built by the Dinnie Brothers The Dinnie Brothers was a construction firm in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota. They built over 60 percent of the commercial buildings in Grand Forks, and much of downtown Fargo after the Fargo Fire of 1893. Both brothers were born at Dundas C ...
, a construction firm that was established in 1881 and was at one time responsible for the building of more than 60 percent of the commercial buildings in Grand Forks.
A historical marker indicates that the building was destroyed in the 1997 Red River flood
The Red River flood of 1997 was a major flood that occurred in April and May 1997 along the Red River of the North in Minnesota, North Dakota, and southern Manitoba. It was the most severe flood of the river since 1826. The flood reached through ...
and fire. It was officially delisted from the National Register in 2018.
References
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
Vernacular architecture in North Dakota
Residential buildings completed in 1904
Former buildings and structures in North Dakota
Buildings and structures demolished in 1997
National Register of Historic Places in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Joseph Bell DeRemer buildings
Buildings and structures destroyed by flooding
1997 disestablishments in North Dakota
1997 Red River flood
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