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Woodrow Wilson School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	315 N. University Dr., Fargo, North Dakota
Coordinates	46°52′48″N 96°47′51″W / 46.88000°N 96.79750°W / 46.88000; -96.79750
Built	1917
Architect	Haxby and Braseth
Architectural style	Collegiate Gothic
NRHP reference No.	12000881
Added to NRHP	October 24, 2012

The Woodrow Wilson School in Fargo, North Dakota is a historic building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was added to the Registry on October 24, 2012, as entry #12000881. It was deemed notable for its Collegiate Gothic design by local architects Haxby and Braseth. The school "is also a good example of how design changed to meet Progressive-era education ideas."

It is Fargo's 2nd oldest surviving school building, was the city's only high school until 1921, and it served the community as a school for 95 years. Originally the school served elementary grades and also provided adult education in the evenings; it later was used as an alternative high school, complementing three other high schools in the Fargo Public Schools district, until 2012.

The actual school moved to the Agassiz Building at 1305 S. Ninth Avenue in March, 2012. In 2021, it was renamed to "Dakota High School" due to concerns about racist policies of the former president.

Conversion to Apartment

In the 2010s Doug Burgum's Kilbourn Group purchased the historical site and refurbished the building into an apartment complex. The apartment keeps the historical side of the former school preserved while constructing a new wing where the parking lot used to be.

References

1. ^ "New listings week of November 2, 2012". National Park Service.
2. ^ "What properties in North Dakota are listed in the National Register of Historic Places?". State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved April 15, 2013. (includes photo of the building)
3. "Woodrow Wilson hosts farewell open house". WDAY TV. February 16, 2012.
4. "Building profile".
5. Aupperle, Katherine (December 8, 2020). "Woodrow Wilson High School renamed Dakota High School". Valley News Live. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
6. "'Unlike what they've seen': $13.2M project to turn former Fargo school into apartment complex nears completion".

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Cass County, North Dakota
Historic districts	Casselton Commercial Historic District Downtown Fargo District Fargo Oak Grove Residential Historic District Fargo South Residential District M.E. Beebe Historic District North Dakota State University District North Side Fargo Builder's Residential Historic District North Side Fargo High Style Residential Historic District
Other properties	1916 Buffalo High School Barrington Apartments Black Building Cass County Court House, Jail, and Sheriff's House deLendrecie's Department Store Dibley House Fargo City Detention Hospital Fargo Theatre Federal Building and U.S. Post Office George and Beth Anderson House Grand Lodge of North Dakota, Ancient Order of United Workmen Great Northern Freight Warehouse James Holes House Knerr Block, Floyd Block, McHench Building and Webster and Coe Building Lewis House Masonic Block Northern Pacific Railway Depot Old Stone Church Pence Automobile Company Warehouse Powers Hotel Research Plot 2 Research Plot 30 Robert Lindemann House Shea Site Sprunk Site St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Union Storage & Transfer Cold Storage Warehouse and Armour Creamery Building Watts Free Library Woodrow Wilson School YMCA Sign
Former listings	Burlington Northern Depot Cole Hotel Fargo and Southern Depot Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral Chesebro Smith House
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cass County, North Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in North Dakota

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