Powers Hotel
- Also Known As: The 400
- Address: 400 Broadway
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1913/00/00 | Hancock Brothers | Architect | The Hancock Brothers design a three floor, Sullivanesque style hotel for contractor Thomas F Powers. | |||
1914/00/00 | Thomas F Powers | Architect | Thomas F Powers, the son of Irish immigrants who had settled in St Paul, Minnesota, constructs his own 28 room hotel. | |||
1915/01/01 | James J Hill | Guest | Powers Hotel welcomes its first guest James J Hill. The grand hostelry offers hot and cold running water and a telephone in every room and a first class cafeteria on the premises. There rooms cost $1 per night, or $1.50 with a bath. | |||
1919/00/00 | William F Kurke | Architect | Two floors are added to the Powers Hotel from plans by William F Kurke. | |||
1939/00/00 | Peggy Lee | Singer | Peggy Lee makes her first appearance singing at the Powers Coffee Shop in Fargo during her second extended stay in Fargo, 1938-1939. |
Particulars for Powers Hotel: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Hotel |
Architectural Style | Late 19th and early 20th century american movements |
Owner | Private |
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