First Congregational Church (Fargo, N.D.) Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2032
Scope and Content
The First Congregational Church (Fargo, N.D.) Photograph Collection consists of 38 Photographic prints, all taken about 1971 showing both the interior and exterior of the building. The photographs were taken as part of an NDSU Architecture student project conducted by Thomas Hofferber. Many are focusing on the building’s architectural elements. There is on photographic reprint of the church taken from a printed source from the 1890s. The first folder holds two publications: History of First Congregational Church, Fargo, N. Dak., circa 1965, and the dedication program for The New First Congregational Church, Seventeenth Avenue and Eleventh Street South, Fargo, North Dakota. Dedication - May 12th, 1963.
Dates
- 1890s-1970
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
History
The First Congregational Church was built in 1891 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It was designed by the Hancock Brothers. The Congregational Church was sold in 1962 to the First Christian congregation in 1962. The church closed in 1978, and the building was dismantled in the summer of 1979. The building was located at 224 8th Street S., Fargo, N.D.
Extent
38 Photographic Prints
2 Items (Two published church histories)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs taken as part of an architecture survey of the First Congregational Church in Fargo, N.D. about 1971.
Provenance
Donated by Ronald Ramsey, 1986 (Acc. 2150).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the First Congregational Church (Fargo, N.D.) Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu