The State Historic Sites Registry is a listing of sites designated by the state historical board as state historic sites. The registry was created by North Dakota Century Code § 55-10 as it is in the public interest to provide for the preservation of historic sites, buildings, structures, and antiquities of state and national significance for the inspiration, use, and benefit of the people of the state of North Dakota. Administrative rules for the program are found in North Dakota Administrative Code § 40-02-01.
The State Historic Sites Registry's documentation must demonstrate that the resource is significant in some aspect of the state's history. Listing in the State Registry does not prevent private 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 State Historic Sites Registry does give a property prestige and requires the state and its political subdivisions to cooperate with the director of the state historical society in safeguarding these sites.
Listed sites are:
Site Name: Bagg Bonanza Farm
Township (N): 132 Range (W): 49 Section: 17
Address: 8025 169th Ave SE City: Mooreton County: Richland
Date Listed: 5/2/1986
Significance/Link to Significance: Illustrates the architecture and agricultural practices associated with bonanza farming, a phase in North Dakota dating approximately 1880-1920.
Site Name: Bandstand, Island Park
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 48 Section: 7
Address: 302 7th St S City: Fargo County: Cass
Date Listed: 10/11/1996
Significance/Link to Significance: Designed by Walter Hancock of the prominent Fargo architectural firm, the Hancock Brothers, the bandstand is constructed entirely of concrete and steel with a ceiling acoustically designed to amplify sound and illustrates a particular type of construction. It is also a rare remaining North Dakota example of a particular property type.
Site Name: Big Mounds Battlefield
Township (N): 141 Range (W): 71 Section: 24
Address: City: County: Kidder
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Big Mound Battlefield State Historic Site
Site Name: Birch Creek Camp Site
Township (N): 137 Range (W): 58 Section: 18
Address: City: County: Barnes
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Jean Nicollet and Lieutenant John Freemont camped here in 1839 with the first exploration expedition sent into the area by the Federal government. It was also a camp for the Sibley Expedition in August 1863 and Fort Totten-Fort Ransom Trail crossed this creek from 1867-72.
Site Name: Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 80 Section: 32, 33
Address: Includes properties along First St, Mandan St, Washington St, Raymond St, and West Avenues C, D, and E
City: Bismarck County: Burleigh
Date Listed: 10/11/1996
Significance/Link to Significance: The neighborhood served as the area of residence for many of the most prominent and influential figures of early 20th Century Bismarck, several of whose fame extended far beyond North Dakota's borders. The variety of architectural style and overall integrity of the buildings within the district provide the City of Bismarck with a diverse concentration of residential structures.
Site Name: Bismarck-Deadwood Stage Trail
Township (N): 135 Range (W): 84 Section: 34
Address: City: County: Morton
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Bismarck-Deadwood Stage Trail Historic Marker
Site Name: Brenner Crossing
Township (N): 149 Range (W): 64 Section: 1
Address: City: County: Eddy
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Site of a pioneer cemetery near the military trail between Fort Totten and Fort Seward but named for the nearby river crossing.
Site Name: Buffalo Creek Camp Site
Township (N): 140 Range (W): Section: 22
Address: City: 55 County: Cass
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Buffalo Creek State Historic Site
Site Name: Burman
Township (N): 141 Range (W): 71 Section: 24
Address: City: County: Kidder
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Location where Dr. Josiah S. Weiser was killed. Information related to this event can be found at history.nd.gov/historicsites/sibleysully/weiser.html.
Site Name: Camp Arnold
Township (N): 14 Range (W): 56 Section: 32
Address: City: County: Barnes
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Arnold State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Atchinson
Township (N): 147 Range (W): 60 Section: 28
Address: City: County: Griggs
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Atchison State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Buell
Township (N): 134 Range (W): 54 Section: 16
Address: City: County: Sargent
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Buell State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Corning
Township (N): 143 Range (W): 58 Section: 8
Address: City: County: Barnes
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Corning State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Grant
Township (N): 143 Range (W): 69 Section: 24
Address: 101 E Main Ave City: Bismarck County: Stutsman
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Grant State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Hancock
Township (N): 138 Range (W): 80 Section: 4
Address: City: County: Burleigh
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Hancock State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Kimball
Township (N): 145 Range (W): 67 Section: 16
Address: City: County: Foster
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Kimball State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Sheardown
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 58 Section: 2
Address: City: County: Barnes
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Sheardown State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Weiser
Township (N): 137 Range (W): 57 Section: 33
Address: City: County: Barnes
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Weiser State Historic Site
Site Name: Camp Whitney
Township (N): 141 Range (W): 70 Section: 31
Address: City: County: Kidder
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Camp Whitney State Historic Site
Site Name: Cannonball Stage Station
Township (N): 132 Range (W): 86 Section: 29
Address: City: County: Grant
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Cannonball Stage Station State Historic Site
Site Name: Cass County Courthouse
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 48 Section: 7
Address: 211 S 9th St City: Fargo County: Cass
Date Listed: 5/2/1986
Significance/Link to Significance:The courthouse, designed by Charles E. Bell, is an excellent example of Renaissance Revival styling and illustrates the development and continuity of local government.
Site Name: Chaboillez Trading Post
Township (N): 163 Range (W): 51 Section: 4
Address: City: Pembina County: Pembina
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Charles Chaboillez built a trading post on behalf of the Northwest Company in 1797 to trade with the Turtle Mountain Chippewa. The area became a Métis cultural and economic hub.
Site Name: Chaska
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 75 Section: 34
Address: 9059 405th St NE City: Driscoll County: Burleigh
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Chaska State Historic Site
Site Name: Chateua de Mores
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 102 Section: 27
Address: Chateau Rd City: Medora County: Billings
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Chateau de Mores State Historic Site
Site Name: Cross Ranch Archaeological District
Township (N): 142 Range (W): 82 Section: 1, 2
Township (N): 143 Range (W): 81 Section: 6, 7, 18, 19, 31
Township (N): 143 Range (W): 82 Section: 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 24, 35, 36
Township (N): 144 Range (W): 81 Section: 31
Township (N): 144 Range (W): 82 Section: 25, 26, 34, 36
Address: City: County: Oliver
Date Listed: 5/2/1986
Significance/Link to Significance: The district is a collection of sites representing the array of ceramic period settlement subsistence practices in the region and provides information on related patterns.
Site Name: Crowley Flint Quarry
Township (N): 142 Range (W): 90 Section: 1
Address: City: County: Mercer
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Crowley Flint Quarry State Historic Site
Site Name: David Thompson
Township (N): 154 Range (W): 78 Section: 31
Address: City: County: McHenry
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: David Thompson State Historic Site
Site Name: de Mores Packing Plant
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 102 Section: 27
Address: Pacific Ave City: Medora County: Billings
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Chateau de Mores State Historic Site
Site Name: Divide County Courthouse
Township (N): 163 Range (W): 97 Section: 29
Address: 200 N Main St City: Crosby County: Divide
Date Listed: 5/2/1986
Significance/Link to Significance: The courthouse exemplifies Classical Revival architecture by the Beuchner & Orth firm and illustrates the development and continuity of local government.
Site Name: Double Ditch Indian Village
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 81 Section: 21
Address: City: County: Burleigh
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site
Site Name: First Discovery of Oil in ND
Township (N): 155 Range (W): 95 Section: 6
Address: City: County: Williams
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Also known as Iverson Well #1, this is the location of the first discovery of oil in North Dakota.
Site Name: Fort Abercrombie
Township (N): 134 Range (W): 48 Section: 3
Address: City: County: Richland
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Abraham Lincoln
Township (N): 138 Range (W): 81 Section: 13
Address: 4480 Ft. Lincoln Rd City: Mandan County: Morton
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Abraham Lincoln was established to house nine companies of soldiers who protected railroad engineers and was the home of Lt. Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry.
Site Name: Fort Buford
Township (N): 152 Range (W): 104 Section: 15
Address: City: County: Williams
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Buford State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Clark
Township (N): 144 Range (W): 84 Section: 36
Address: City: County: Mercer
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Clark State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Dilts
Township (N): 132 Range (W): 105 Section: 2
Address: City: County: Bowman
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Dilts State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Mandan Overlook
Township (N): 144 Range (W): 84 Section: 11
Address: City: County: McLean
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Mandan Overlook State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort McKeen
Township (N): 138 Range (W): 81 Section: 13
Address: 4480 Ft. Lincoln Rd City: Mandan County: Morton
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort McKeen was established in an area with sweeping views to help provide protection during railroad construction. This fort housed two companies of soldiers before the new Fort Abraham Lincoln was built a little further south.
Site Name: Fort Ransom
Township (N): 135 Range (W): 58 Section: 11
Address: City: County: Ransom
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Ransom State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Rice
Township (N): 135 Range (W): 79 Section: 14
Address: City: County: Morton
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Rice State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Seward
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 64 Section: 26
Address: 605 10th Ave NW City: Jamestown County: Stutsman
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Seward was built in 1872 from the materials from the dismantled Fort Ransom. The troops here were tasked with monitoring and controlling hostilities in the area until 1877.
Site Name: Fort Totten
Township (N): 152 Range (W): 65 Section: 16
Address: 417 Cavalry Circle City: Fort Totten County: Benson
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Fort Totten State Historic Site
Site Name: Fort Union
Township (N): 152 Range (W): 104 Section: 7
Address: 15550 Highway 1804 City: Williston County: Williams
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Construction of the Fort Union trading post by the American Fur Trade Company began in 1828 and it operated for nearly 40 years. The trading post served as a hub for economic trade, scientific study, art, and transportation.
Site Name: GAR Soldier Statue, Island Park
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 48 Section: 7
Address: 302 7th St S City: Fargo County: Cass
Date Listed: 10/11/1996
Significance/Link to Significance: The commemorative statue of the Union Soldier distinctly illustrates the type of monumental sculpture placed in parks across the Midwest by the local chapters of the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate Union soldiers who served and died in the Civil War. Civil War commemorative statuary is relatively rare in North Dakota.
Site Name: Gingras Trading Post
Township (N): 163 Range (W): 56 Section: 16
Address: City: County: Pembina
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Gingras Trading Post State Historic Site
Site Name: Grandstand, Island Park
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 48 Section: 7
Address: 302 7th St S City: Fargo County: Cass
Date Listed: 10/11/1996
Significance/Link to Significance: A Works Progress Administration project, the grandstand is a distinctive example of an architectural work in the Art Deco style and illustrates a major governmental response to the Great Depression.
Site Name: Henrik Wergeland Statue, Island Park
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 48 Section: 7
Address: 302 7th St S City: Fargo County: Cass
Date Listed: 10/11/1996
Significance/Link to Significance: The statue of Henrik Wergeland, "Lyric poet, father of Norwegian literature," distinctly illustrates the creative work of sculptor G. Viegeland of Oslo, Norway.
Site Name: H-T Ranch
Township (N): 136 Range (W): 102 Section: 17
Address: City: County: Slope
Date Listed: 5/2/1986
Significance/Link to Significance: Associated with open-range ranching and development of western North Dakota and for the dwelling's distinctive late nineteenth century resort housing architecture.
Site Name: Hudson
Township (N): 130 Range (W): 59 Section: 6
Address: City: County: Dickey
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Hudson Townsite State Historic Site
Site Name: Huff Indian Village
Township (N): 136 Range (W): 79 Section: 5
Address: City: County: Morton
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Huff Indian Village State Historic Site
Site Name: Killdeer Battlefield
Township (N): 145 Range (W): 95 Section: 7
Address: City: County: Dunn
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Killdeer Mountain Battlefield State Historic Site
Site Name: Kittson Trading Post
Township (N): 163 Range (W): 56 Section: 29
Address: Martyr Dr City: Walhalla County: Pembina
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Walhalla State Historic Site
Site Name: Lake Jessie
Township (N): 147 Range (W): 60 Section: 22
Address: City: County: Griggs
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Lake Jessie State Historic Site
Site Name: Lake Johnson
Township (N): 145 Range (W): 59 Section: 23
Address: City: County: Griggs
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Lake Johnson State Historic Site
Site Name: Maple Creek Crossing
Township (N): 138 Range (W): 53 Section: 36
Address: City: County: Cass
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Maple Creek Crossing State Historic Site
Site Name: McPhails Butte
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 71 Section: 4
Address: City: County: Kidder
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: McPhail's Butte Overlook State Historic Site
Site Name: Medicine Butte
Township (N): 133 Range (W): 88 Section: 31
Address: City: County: Grant
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Medicine Rock State Historic Site
Site Name: Menoken Indian Village
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 78 Section: 22
Address: City: County: Burleigh
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Menoken Indian Village State Historic Site
Site Name: Molander Indian Village
Township (N): 142 Range (W): 81 Section: 17
Address: City: County: Oliver
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Molander Indian Village State Historic Site
Site Name: Oak Lawn Church Site
Township (N): 161 Range (W): 56 Section: 19
Address: City: County: Pembina
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Oak Lawn Church State Historic Site
Site Name: Palmer's Spring
Township (N): 151 Range (W): 71 Section: 14
Address: City: County: Benson
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Palmer's Spring State Historic Site
Site Name: R.S. Blome Granitoid Pavement
Township (N): 152 Range (W): 50 Section: 34
Address: Near Southside neighborhood City: Grand Forks County: Grand Forks
Date Listed: 2-19-1992
Significance/Link to Significance: Built in 1910-11, the patented pavement used granite aggregate for an extremely durable road. Grand Forks chose to score the pavement to mimic pavers and line the edges with sandstone curbing. The pavement is unique in North Dakota.
Site Name: Saint Claude
Township (N): 163 Range (W): 70 Section: 3
Address: City: County: Rolette
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: St. Claude State Historic Site
Site Name: Sheyenne Indian Village (Biesterfeldt)
Township (N): 134 Range (W): 54 Section: 28
Address: City: County: Ransom
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: This site contains unique scientific information pertaining to the migration of native peoples on the Great Plains, and thus also pertaining to the transformation of sedentary farming cultures into horse-mounted nomads on the Northern Great Plains in the mid-eighteenth century.
Site Name: Sitting Bull
Township (N): 130 Range (W): 80 Section: 12
Address: 92nd St & Dike Rd City: Fort Yates County: Sioux
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: This is the original burial site of Sitting Bull, a leader of the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota and a medicine man. Profile: Sitting Bull
Site Name: Slant Village
Township (N): 138 Range (W): 81 Section: 13
Address: 4480 Ft. Lincoln Rd City: Mandan County: Morton
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: This is a Mandan earthlodge village site from the Later Heart River era with reconstructed lodges. The village likely existed for over 200 years prior the smallpox epidemic of 1781. This village is also known as On-A-Slant Village.
Site Name: St. Stanislaus Church Historic District
Township (N): 156 Range (W): 51 Section: 30
Address: 6098 County Road 4 City: Minto County: Walsh
Date Listed: 5/2/1986
Significance/Link to Significance: The church is symbolic of Polish immigrant settlement and the cental role of religion for the community. The building is one of architect John W. Ross's largest works.
Site Name: Standing Rock
Township (N): 136 Range (W): 57 Section: 6
Address: City: County: Ransom
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Standing Rock State Historic Site
Site Name: Steamboat Warehouse
Township (N): 139 Range (W): 80 Section: 31
Address: River Rd City: Bismarck County: Burleigh
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Steamboat Warehouse State Historic Site
Site Name: Stutsman County Courthouse
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 64 Section: 36
Address: 504 3rd Ave SE City: Jamestown County: Stutsman
Date Listed: 11/4/1983
Significance/Link to Significance: Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site
Site Name: Sully Corral
Township (N): 137 Range (W): 91 Section: 10
Address: City: County: Stark
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Sully's Heart River Corral State Historic Site
Site Name: Sweden
Township (N): 158 Range (W): 54 Section: 26
Address: City: County: Walsh
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Sweden State Historic Site
Site Name: Theodore Roosevelt Elkhorn Ranch
Township (N): 142 Range (W): 102 Section: 4
Address: City: County: Billings
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, this ranch is where Roosevelt spent time recovering from personal loss and writing about conservation.
Site Name: Theodore Roosevelt Maltese Cross Cabin
Township (N): 140 Range (W): 102 Section: 27
Address: East River Rd City: Medora County: Billings
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, this cabin is from the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt spent time and started investing in business in North Dakota.
Site Name: Wadeson
Township (N): 137 Range (W): 58 Section: 24
Address: City: County: Barnes
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Wadeson Cabin State Historic Site
Site Name: Whitestone Hill
Township (N): 131 Range (W): 65 Section: 17
Address: City: County: Dickey
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Whitestone Hill State Historic Site
Site Name: Willows Hotel
Township (N): 132 Range (W): 76 Section: 7
Address: 112 S Broadway City: Linton County: Emmons
Date Listed: 7/10/1998
Significance/Link to Significance: The hotel is associated with Dr. Rolly Hogue, a prominent person in the development of Linton, and has served as a center of commercial activity, private medical care, theatre events, and social interaction. Designed by architecture firm Van Horn & Ritterbush, it is a locally unique building of poured concrete construction from 1922-23 and a representative example of the worldwide experimentation of the time with reinforced concrete construction.
Site Name: Writing Rock
Township (N): 161 Range (W): 101 Section: 7
Address: City: County: Divide
Date Listed: 7/1/1967
Significance/Link to Significance: Writing Rock State Historic Site
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