First National Bank (Grand Forks, North Dakota)
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The First National Bank is a five story building in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...

 that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1982. It was built or has other significance in 1914 and 1915. It was originally used as a Scandinavian-American Bank building, but has been identified as the First National Bank building since 1929.

The First National Bank failed in 1933, during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

, but was replaced by a new First National Bank entity that later became Alerus Financial in 2000.

The building includes Early Commercial, Classical Revival, vernacular and other architecture.

The NRHP listing was for an area of less than one acre with just one contributing building. The listing is described in its North Dakota Cultural Resources Survey document.

The property was covered in a 1981 study of Downtown Grand Forks historical resources.
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