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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 1. Name of Property Historic Name Downtown Bismarck Historic District Other Name/Site Number 2. Location Street & Number Generally bounded by Broadway Avenue and Thayer Avenue on the north; 5 tri Street on the east; Burlington and Santa Fe Railroad corridor on the south; and Washington Street and 2n(^ Street on the west. _ not for publication City or Town Bismarck _ vicinity State North Dakota Code ND County Burleigh Code 015 Zip Code 58501 3. State/Federal Agency Certification______________________________________ As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property meets X does not meet __ the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _ nationally .statewide ^<_ locally. (See continuation sheets for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date Merlan E. Paaverud, Jr., ND SHBO Slate or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification_________________________________ I hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action / , /entered in the National Register Vs" , ' "v ; *-" :; - '" l- '" E _ determined eligible for the ' ,, ;i, National Register _ determined not eligible for the National Register _ removed for the National Register _ other (explain) Downtown Bismarck Historic District County, North Dakota 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property X private _ building(s) X pub lie-local X district _X_ public-State _ site _X public-Federal structure object Name of Related Multiple Property Listing N/A Number of Resources with the Property Contributing Noncontributing 56 21 buildings structures 56 22 Total = 78 (less the 11 previously listed) Number of Contributing Resources Previously Listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions DOMESTIC/ multiple dwelling DOMESTIC/ multiple dwelling COMMERCE/ business, professional, financial COMMERCE/ business, professional, financial institution, specially store, department store, institution, specialty store, restaurant, warehouse restaurant, warehouse GOVERNMENT/ government office, post office SOCIAL/meeting hall GOVERNMENT/ government office, post office INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION/ communications facility; industrial storage TRANSPORTATION/ rail-related 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials No Style/ vernacular Foundation: brick, stone, concrete Late Victorian Walls: brick, clay tile, stone, metal, stucco. Late 19th anc| 2Qth Century Revivals ceramic tile Late 19tn and 20tn Century American Movement Other: terra cotta Modern Movement *SEE CONTINUA TION SHEETS Downtown Bismarck Historic District Burleigh County, North Dakota 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance __X___ A Property is associated with events that have made Commerce, Architecture a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Industry, Transportation, our history. Politics/Government ^<^ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Cultural Affiliation X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or Period of Significance represents the work of a master, or possess 1872-1951 high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Significant Dates individual distinction. 1872 _ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, 1873 information important in prehistory or history. 1883 1889 1951 Criteria Considerations Property is: _ A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person religious purposes. Hughes, Edmund _ B removed from its original location. McKenzie, Alexander _ C a birthplace or grave, Patterson, Edward G. _ D a cemetery. _ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Architect/Builder _ F a commemorative property. Van Horn, Arthur _ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance Beebe, Milton within the past 50 years. Shan ley, George H. Reed, Charles and Alan Stem Krentz, Herman Knox, James Butler and Reid Earson, John Eeonard, H. M. Red ling and Hanson Rue Construction Weinberger, Andrew Guthrie, James Narrative of Statement of Significance * SEE CONTINUA T1ON SHEETS Downtown Bismarck Historic District Burleigh County, North Dakota 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography "Advice of Local Business Leader Started Lucas's.1 ' Newspaper clipping without the name of newspaper or publication date. On file at the North Dakota Heritage Center Library and Archives, Bismarck. Bird, George F. and Edwin J. 1 ay lor, Jr. History of the City of Bismarck, North Dakota: The First 100 Years, 1872-1972. Bismarck: Bismarck Centennial Association, 1972. "Bismarck Bursts Its Seams." Bismarck Tribune. 21 July 1972. Bismarck City Directory. 1919-20. 1928. 1938-39. 1940-41. 1948-49. 1955. Bismarck-Mandan Geological and Historical Society. Prairie Trails to Hi-Ways. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1978. Bismarck: The Commercial Centre of Western North Dakota and State Capitol. Bismarck: W.F. dishing, 1906. "Bismarck Tribune Building." National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, c.1983. "Camp Hancock Historic Site." National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 1971. "Census Shows Bismarck to be Fastest Growing City in North Dakota." Fargo Forum. 11 December 1926. Christianson, Jim, ed. Historic Downtown Bismarck. Bismarck: The Downtowners, 1988. City of Bismarck. Building permits. City of Bismarck. Tax assessment records. "City's Commercial Building Heavy." Bismarck Tribune, ca. 1955. Undated newspaper clipping. On file at the North Dakota Heritage Center Library and Archives, Bismarck. Conduit, Carl W. A History of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964. *SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS Previous documentation on file (NFS) Primary Location of additional data _ preliminary determination of individual listing X State Historic Preservation Office (36 CFR 67) has been requested. _ Other State agency _ previously listed in the National Register _ Federal agency _ previously determined eligible by the National _ Local government Register _ University _ designated a National Historic Landmark _ Other _ recorded by Historic American Building Survey Name ofrepository: H _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record ft United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number __9__ Page Downtown Bismarck Historic District Burleigh County, North Dakota Duemeland, Skip. Property manager for the Rose Apartments. Interview in Bismarck with Mary McCormick. 14 July 1999. Federal Writer's Project. The WPA Guide to 1930s North Dakota. Bismarck: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1990. Guedes, Pedro, ed. Encyclopedia of Architectural Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Harris, Cyril M. (editor) Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1975. History and Development of International Harvester: Helping Man Help Himself. Chicago: International Harvester, nd, "Impressive Services Mark Cornerstone Laying." Bismarck Tribune. 30 July 1930. Jessen, Patricia M. and Kurt P. Schweigert. "Van Horn Hotel." National Register of Historic Places Inventory- Nomination Form, 1984. "J.C. Penney Store, Built By W.H. Webb, is Ready to Open." Bismarck Tribune. 21 July 1930. Jester, Thomas C., ed. Twentieth-Century Building Materials. United States of America: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 1995. Kautzman, Ed. Bismarck resident and longtime associate of Meyer Broadcasting. Telephone interview with Mary McCormick. 17 November 1999, "Logan's, Started in '77, is One of Oldest Businesses." [ca. 1927]. Newspaper clipping without name of newspaper or publication date. On file at the North Dakota Heritage Center Library and Archives, Bismarck. Maddox, Dawn. "Northern Pacific Railway Depot." National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form,1976. "McKenzie Hotel." National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, c. 1976. Morison, Samuel Eliot, Henry Steele Commager and William E. Leuchtenburg, The Growth of the American Republic, Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. "New Buildings in Bismarck During Last Year." Fargo Forum. 12 November 1926. "North Dakota at a Glance," www.nass.usda.gov., 1999. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _9_ Page Downtown Bismarck Historic District Burleigh County, North Dakota Penny, Dori M. Results of a Historic Architectural Study Along Main Avenue Between Washington Street and 7{n Street in Bismarck, North Dakota. Prepared by LTA, Inc., Laramie, Wyoming for the North Dakota Department of Transportation, Bismarck, May 1998. Peterson, Sabin. "Webb Brothers Block." National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form, 1983. Poppeliers, John C., S. Alien Chambers, Jr. and Nancy B. Schwartz. What Style Is It? Washington, D.C,: National