Stop 12: Stone Building – 613 1st Avenue N. (Contributing)

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Built in 1910 in Classical Revival style with yellow brick and a butter joint, this building is decorated with stone trim and has pilasters between the bays with egg and dart molding. The foliated frieze and the elaborately dentilled cornice with paired brackets are metal. This grand structure was the third home of the Charles R. Stone Piano Company. Stone brought music to residents all over the Red River Valley and organized classes in stringed instruments andpiano in small towns throughout North Dakota, Minnesota, eastern Montana and Idaho. In the days before mass entertainment, people made their own amusement. Many more played musical instruments than today. Stone’s Music store helped to make Fargo a major retailing center.

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