Stop 14: 600 Block – 600 Main Avenue (Contributing)
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These buildings represent Fargo’s greatest concentration of Italianate commercial structures. The region experienced a period of rapid growth known as the Great Dakota Boom, which began with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Most of these buildings were constructed when Fargo was still part of Dakota Territory; North Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889.
These buildings reflect the architecture in downtown Fargo during that time, before 90 percent of it was destroyed in the Fargo fire.
Key architectural features in this style are paired bracketed cornices, arched windows, hood molds and drip molds. Few examples of this style are extant in the state.