Stop 8: Watkins Block – 806 Main Avenue (Contributing)
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F. L. Watkins built this north wing in 1906 as his Dakota Business College grew. It has a distinctive Classical Revival facade with arched keystone windows, a wide Chicago style three-part window on the second floor framed by Ionic capital pilasters, and white marble string courses.