Ukrainian Immigrant Dwellings and Churches in North Dakota from Early Settlement Until the Present

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Ethnic settlement ranks as one of North Dakota's most significant historic processes. As millions of Europeans emigrated to America during the period between the Civil War and World War I, many were attracted to states such as North Dakota wherein Homestead land was available. These people developed much of the state's rural acreage within colony-like settlements. Several generations later, descendants of these immigrants continue to live in areas with a high concentration of a single ethnic group. Among the various ethnic groups maintaining a presence throughout the state, two distinct groups from present-day Russia, ethnic Germans and Ukrainians, began relocating to the upper Midwest in the 1880s. The Ukrainians, less numerous than the Black Sea Germans, have left a definable mark on North Dakota history and landscape.

Survey of characteristic folk house types is one way to analyze the process of ethnic settlement from its beginning at the turn of the century until the present. This contextual statement focuses upon Ukrainian immigration to, North Dakota as expressed in dwellings and churches constructed by members of the group. Two buildings are submitted with this contextual statement as representatives of the two major property types. It is expected that future research will define further property types so that additional properties can be nominated subsequently. - NRHP, 28 August 1987

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Place	Locale	Type	AsNotedIn
Liberty Baptist Church	Kief		NRHP
Semevolos Farm	Butte		NRHP