Fargo Oak Grove Residential Historic District

Fargo Oak Grove Residential Historic District
Location North & South Terrace Aves., east of Elm St., N., Fargo, North Dakota
NRHP Reference # 11000744
Added to NRHP October 13, 2011

The Fargo Oak Grove Residential Historic District is a historic district located around North and South Terrace Avenues near downtown Fargo, North Dakota. The homes date from the period 1895 to 1952 and include working-class, gable-fronted cottages and vernacular bungalows."[1] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2]

According to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the district "has a tangible cohesiveness in the scale, density, material character, and landscape treatment that unifies this neighborhood."[1][3]

Most of the Oak Grove neighborhood was flooded with several feet of water from the Red River in the spring of 1997.[4] The area was flooded again in the spring of 2009.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "What properties in North Dakota are listed in the National Register of Historic Places?". State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Neighborhood listed in national historic register". Crookston Daily Times. November 7, 2011. Fargo's Oak Grove neighborhood has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  3. ↑ "Press Release - Grand Forks, Fargo Properties Listed in National Register of Historic Places". State Historical Society of North Dakota. November 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Red River blues keep getting worse". Minneapolis Star Tribune. April 18, 1997.
  5. ↑ "Oak Grove breach acts as 'wake-up call'". InForum.com. March 30, 2009.
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