State Historic Preservation Board to meet August 30

August 14, 2024

BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota State Historic Preservation Review Board will meet Friday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. in Classroom B at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck. The meeting is open to the public, and information to join remotely can be requested from [email protected]. The board reviews nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) prior to their submission to the Keeper of the NRHP for official consideration. This meeting will include a short training session on the NRHP before the review of the nomination.

The Towner County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Cando was built in 1919 next to the horse racetrack shortly after the county fair was established. This building hosted food competitions and exhibits during the county fairs and was also the site of weekly dances and other social events. It is significant for this social history as well as for the unusual roof truss system that is a hybrid of Howe and Pratt truss designs.

The Nels Ophaug Farm Barn near McVille was built in 1905 as a gambrel-roofed bank barn with a stone foundation for dairy, calving, and horses. The upper level was rebuilt in 1943 with a Gothic-arched roof after a windstorm destroyed it. Ophaug, a Norwegian immigrant who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923 as an independent, built both the original barn and the reconstructed upper level. The barn is an excellent example of its type and attests to trends in the development of agriculture in North Dakota.

The National Register of Historic Places is the nation's list of properties considered worthy of preservation. The documentation process for listing demonstrates that the resource is significant in some aspect of the nation's history. Contrary to some misconceptions about the National Register program, listing in it does not prevent owners from altering their property, restrict the use or sale of the property, or establish times requiring that the property must be open to the public. Entry into the NRHP does give a property prestige, provides protection from federally assisted projects, and provides eligibility for certain preservation financial incentives.

For more information, contact the State Historic Preservation Office at [email protected] or 701.328.2089.

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Kara Haff, Public Information Officer
701.328.3547

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