Fargo Oak Grove Residential Historic District
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." The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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."
Most of the Oak Grove neighborhood was flooded with several feet of water from the Red River in the spring of 1997. The area was flooded again in the spring of 2009.
References
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- ^ "What properties in North Dakota are listed in the National Register of Historic Places?". State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Press Release - Grand Forks, Fargo Properties Listed in National Register of Historic Places". State Historical Society of North Dakota. November 7, 2011. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012.
- ^ "Red River blues keep getting worse". Minneapolis Star Tribune. April 18, 1997.
- ^ "Oak Grove breach acts as 'wake-up call'". InForum.com. March 30, 2009.
