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American architect
Grand Forks City Hall
John W. Ross (1848–1914) was the first licensed architect in
Grand Forks, North Dakota .
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Biography
He was born in Germany in 1848, was brought to America by his parents as a young child, and grew up in
La Crosse, Wisconsin . He studied architecture under Charles Ross, a leading architect in La Crosse. Ross moved to Grand Forks in the late 1800s. John W. Ross died in Grand Forks in 1914.
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Ross designed many buildings in eastern North Dakota, including the 1901
Gothic revival St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in
Warsaw
[4] and the
Larimore City Hall , which was built in 1890.
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Works
Ross designed numerous buildings that are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places and are preserved. His works include:
Larimore City Hall , Block 64, bounded by Towner, 3rd, Terry and Main,
Larimore, ND (Ross, J.W.)
[6]
Goose River Bank , 45 Main St. E,
Mayville, ND (Ross, John W.)
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St. Stanislaus Church (dedicated 1901),
[4] in the NRHP-listed
St. Stanislaus Church Historic District , off I-29,
Warsaw, ND (Ross, John W.)
[6]
Wells County Courthouse , Railway St. N,
Fessenden, ND (Ross, John W.)
[6]
Grand Forks City Hall , 404 N. 2nd Ave., Grand Forks, ND (Ross, John W.)
[6] This building "is pure Beaux Arts. Rather small in scale and only two storys over a raised basement, the City Hall is faced with ashlar and was similar in mass, style, and materials to the recently razed Carnegie Library which was located nearby."
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Grand Forks Woolen Mills , 301 N. 3rd St., Grand Forks, ND (Ross, John W.)
[6]
Amos and Lillie Plummer House , 306 W. Caledonia Ave.,
Hillsboro, ND (Ross, John W.)
[6]
Rudolf Hotel , Central Ave. and 2nd St.,
Valley City, ND (Ross, John W.)
[6]
Pisek School , E end of Main St. at Lovick Ave.,
Pisek, ND (Ross, John)
[6]
Renovation of second floor of
Finks and Gokey Block , Grand Forks, ND
[8]
Attributed as probable architect of
Grand Forks Mercantile Building , Grand Forks, ND, 1898,
Early Commercial
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References
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"John W. Ross, architect from Grand Forks, N.D." North Dakota Newspaper Association . Retrieved February 1, 2020 .
^ Scott Wagar (September 9, 2014).
"A significant architectural history" . North Dakota Newspaper Association . Retrieved February 1, 2020 .
^ Clement A Lounsberry.
North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history (Volume 3) . p. 106. Retrieved 2011-05-04 .
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b Marilyn J. Chiat, America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community (
John Wiley and Sons , 1997),
ISBN
978-0-471-14502-8 , pp.201ff.
Excerpt available at
Google Books .
^ Lauren McCroskey (February 6, 1990).
"NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Larimore City Hall / Larimore Opera House" .
National Park Service . and
Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1989
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"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . March 13, 2009.
^ Norene Roberts; Joe Roberts (November 30, 1981).
"National Register of Historic Places: Downtown Grand Forks MRA" .
National Park Service .
^ C. Kudzia, Norene and Joe Roberts, and Gary Henricksen (September 1981).
"North Dakota Cultural Resources Survey: Finks and Gokey Block" .
National Park Service . {{
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Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1981
^ Peg O'Leary (January 14, 2004).
"NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898" .
National Park Service . and
Accompanying 21 photos, exterior and interior, from 1993 and 2004 (see photo captions pages 19–20 of text document)