The Baukol Historic District in Grand Forks

A few years ago my wife, Susie, and I prepared a survey of over 3000 mid-century houses in Grand Forks, North Dakota. As a part of this work, we identified a couple early post-war neighborhoods in Grand Forks that we felt deserved further study. You can read our final report here.

This past year, Susie has been studying the Baukol Subdivision and preparing a National Register of Historic Places nomination for this neighborhood. It was selected because it was well preserved, it was clearly built with returning GIs in mind (that is, the developer built the homes to the standards required for GI bill mortgages), and it was adjacent to the existing Riverside Historic District.  

Susie is presenting her report to the Grand Forks Historic Preservation commission tonight at our open meeting, but because some folks can’t make it to the evening meetings and I know that some Grand Forks natives are aware of this blog, she’s asked me to post a copy of her presentation here.

Check it out: Baukol Historic District, Grand Forks, ND

(Plus, anyone interested in mid-century housing, small town urbanism, [early] Cold War architecture, and the so on might find this short presentation of interest.)