Stop 14: Porterfield Block – 109–111 Roberts Street (Contributing)
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This block was designed by the Hancock Brothers and built by Stewart Wilson in 1917. It is a Jacobean commercial-style building, constructed for the wholesale drug company of Fout and Porterfield. The stone
“tabs” on the end windows are typical Jacobean design elements, loosely part of the Colonial Revival style after the turn of the 20th century. Fout and Porterfield was a well-established Fargo company, and both men possessed degrees in pharmacy—not required for druggists in the late 19th century, but becoming increasingly desirable.