National Register of Historic Places

Federal Courthouse and Post Office

Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
Listed
May 6, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
80002015

About this property

The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum is a fine arts museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States, founded by James O'Rourke. The art museum can be found at 521 Main Avenue in a historic Federal Courthouse and Post Office, erected in 1915. The building was included in a study of historic properties in Clay County, which said the building "shows the influence of Federal government function in most towns." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The museum's permanent collections contain more than four-thousand works from an array of cultural and artistic traditions including West African, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, Pre-Columbian, Contemporary and Colonial Mexican, American Indian, contemporary American, Regionalist, and Pop Art. Artists whose work is represented include Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Allan D'Arcangelo, Robert Rauschenberg, David Gilhooly, Leonard Baskin, Fritz Scholder, Luis Jiménez, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Sir William Nicholson, and Adolf Dehn. Media related to Rourke Art Museum at Wikimedia Commons The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum - official website

Location

521 Main Ave.
Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
46.87346, -96.77114

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Federal Courthouse and Post Office listed on the National Register?

Federal Courthouse and Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Federal Courthouse and Post Office?

Federal Courthouse and Post Office is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Federal Courthouse and Post Office?

The period of significance for Federal Courthouse and Post Office is recorded as the early_republic era.

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