National Register of Historic Places

Bismarck Tribune Building

Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Listed
October 21, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82001309

About this property

The Bismarck Tribune Building on N. 4th St. in Bismarck, North Dakota was designed by architect George H. Shanley and was built in 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982. According to its NRHP nomination it is a "rare application" of Prairie School architecture in North Dakota. The editor, George Douglas Mann, recruited a Great Falls, Montana, designer to plan this flame resistant structure with substantial casing and floors, primary mud tile dividers, and Hebron pressed block outside. The famous Prairie Style configuration accentuates flat extents and joins enhancing brickwork with applied earthenware decoration with themes of adapted lights, blossoms, leaves, and lotus buds. Block header courses emphasize the pilasters that help rectangular spandrels between the first-and second-floor windows. A particular polychrome earthenware bas-help board over the fundamental passage recreates a work of art of priests rehearsing the printer's art on a hand press. The Bismarck Tribune Building has filled in as office space since the newspaper relocated its operations in 1981.

Location

22 N. 4th St.
Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota
46.80729, -100.78638

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNICATIONS
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Sources

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When was Bismarck Tribune Building listed on the National Register?

Bismarck Tribune Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 21, 1982.

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Bismarck Tribune Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Bismarck Tribune Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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