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The Empire Arts Center is a non-profit, multi-purpose arts facility located in downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota United States. Renovated in 1998 due to damage from the 1997 Red River flood, the Empire is a circa 1919 movie house renovated into a multi-use theater and gallery facility. The Empire produces an annual theater season through their ...
Third Street looking north Third Street looking south. Grand Forks was first settled in 1870. In 1872, seven pioneers staked claims to land on the Red River. [3] The 9-acre (36,000 m 2) piece of land that would become downtown Grand Forks was first platted by Grand Forks' "founding father", Alexander Griggs, and his wife Etta, in 1875.
The term "forks" refers to the forking of the Red River with the Red Lake River near downtown Grand Forks. [11] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 29.318 square miles (75.93 km 2 ), of which 29.120 square miles (75.42 km 2 ) is land and 0.198 square miles (0.51 km 2 ) is water. [ 3 ]
In 2005, despite the flood and fire damage to the area, the Downtown Grand Forks Historic District was listed. The most recent listings, in 2010, are the University of North Dakota Historic District and WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery , and in 2011, The Kegs Drive-In .
The property was covered in a 1981 study of Downtown Grand Forks historical resources. [2] After the Red River Flood of 1997, the building was moved in its entirety across the street to 216 S. 3rd, between a parking ramp and a pre-existing brick building, keeping the structure's integrity intact. [4]
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[1] [2] U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended the 1937 dedication ceremony for the Grand Forks County Fairgrounds grandstand, which was designed by Grand Forks architect Theodore B. Wells and was considered to be innovative in its design. [2] Steve C. Martens, an architect and North Dakota State University professor, wrote the NRHP ...