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Building at 312 Kittson Ave.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Building at 312 Kittson Avenue, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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Location	312 Kittson Ave., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates	47°55′27″N 97°1′45″W / 47.92417°N 97.02917°W / 47.92417; -97.02917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907 (1907)
Architect	Johnson, Sander; Larson, Pete
Architectural style	Early Commercial
MPS	Downtown Grand Forks MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001317
Added to NRHP	October 26, 1982

The building at 312 Kittson Ave, Grand Forks, North Dakota is a two-story brick commercial vernacular style building with classical details built by Swedish-American builder Sander Johnson in 1907. It is part of the Downtown Grand Forks Historic District.

The building is constructed of brick, Hebron on the front and common on the sides and back. Its quality of workmanship, brickwork, and carpentry are notable. The first floor consists of a common wood store front with a limestone molding. The second floor features a bay window flanked by recessed brick work with a stone sill and a limestone keystone arch. The roof line is decorated with an egg-and-dart limestone cap decorated with a wrought-iron crest incorporating the building date. This cresting is flanked by two corner merlons which are capped by limestone moldings and antefixes. The second floor originally held an apartment.

The builder, Sander Johnson, moved to North Dakota from Sweden in 1902, building 312 Kittson Ave just five years later. The building has a European ambiance. This building was the first built by Johnson in his 60-year career as a builder and contractor in North Dakota and the Red River Valley. Johnson and his building companies also built the Grand Forks Masonic Temple and the Chester Fritz Library.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Kudzia, C. (October 26, 1982). "Building at 312 Kittson Ave". NORTH DAKOTA CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY Base Data Form. National Park Service. Retrieved September 30, 2009.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Districts	Downtown Grand Forks Historic District Grand Forks Near Southside Historic District Grand Forks Riverside Neighborhood Historic District University of North Dakota Historic District
Buildings	Administration Building for the City of Grand Forks at the Grand Forks Airport Avalon Theater Building at 201 S. 3rd St. Building at 312 Kittson Ave. Carlott Funseth Round Barn Dakota Block Dinnie Apartments Dr. Henry Wheeler House Edgar Building Finks and Gokey Block First National Bank George B. Clifford House Grand Forks City Hall Grand Forks County Courthouse Grand Forks County Fairgrounds WPA Structures Grand Forks Herald Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898 Grand Forks Mercantile Co. Grand Forks Woolen Mills Great Northern Freight Warehouse and Depot Hariman Sanatorium Harriet and Thomas Beare House Hook and Ladder No. 1 and Hose Co. No. 2 House at 1648 Riverside Drive Iddings Block J. Nelson Kelly House Joseph Bell DeRemer House Larimore City Hall Lyons Garage Martin V. Linwell House Masonic Temple Metropolitan Opera House North Dakota Mill and Elevator Northern Pacific Depot and Freight House Odd Fellows Block Oxford House R.S. Blome Granitoid Pavement in Grand Forks Roller Office Supply Skarsbo Apartments Speed Printing St. John's Block Commercial Exchange St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence Stratford Building Telephone Co. Building The Kegs Drive-In Thomas D. Campbell House U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Wells–Denbrook Architects Office Building Wright Block
Places of worship	B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery St. Michael's Church United Lutheran Church
Schools	Ben Franklin Elementary School Lewis and Clark Elementary School South Junior High School St. Michael's Parochial School Valley Junior High School Viking Elementary School Washington School West Elementary School Wilder Elementary School
Object	WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery
Structures	Midway Bridge Ost Valle Bridge Sorlie Memorial Bridge
Former listings	BPOE Lodge: Golden Block Building at 205 DeMers Ave. Building at 317 S. 3rd St. Clifford Annex Dinnie Block Electric Construction Co. Building Flatiron Building New Hampshire Apartments Northwood Bridge Red River Valley Brick Co. Viets Hotel
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Forks County, North Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in North Dakota

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