St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence - Grand Forks ND
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PeterNoG
N 47° 55.947 W 097° 02.397
14T E 646398 N 5310651
This NRHP building is the former St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence at 813 Lewis Blvd in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Waymark Code: WMM15M
Location: North Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2014
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The Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet commissioned the design of this hospital by George and Walter Hancock. This Classical Revival style hospital was constructed in 1907 by Dinnie Brothers for $100,000. In 1913, a Nurses' Residence, also Classical Rival style was deisgned by W.J. Edwards and constructed by Thomas Birge just south of the Hospital so that the buildings were connected by a passageway. Both building facades are symmetrical and both are three-stories tall on raised basements. The hospital is about 50 feet by 110 feet and the Nurses' Residence is about 50 feet by 75 feet.
St Michael’s was a teaching hospital and both building were used until the hospital moved to new facilities in 1951.
The original roofs on both were replaced in 1953 and the complex was sold to the Sisters of St. Francis and renamed St. Anne's Guest Home. The retirement home accommodated over 100 residents. Unfortunately, in 1978 the State Fire Marshall informed that Sisters that the building no longer met state fire codes and would have to close. In 1981, they moved to a new location leaving the building vacant until 1994.
Major interior renovations were undertaken and in 1995, Riverside Manor, a 38 unit Senior Housing complex that has a congregate dining room opened.
A devastating flood in Grand Forks in 1997 resulted in more interior rehabilitation as well as construction of a flood wall that became in integral part of the Red River side (east side) of the building. Completed in 2007, the Greater Grand Forks Greenway (
visit link) provides flood protection to the citizens of Grand Forks as well as providing recreational opportunities.