Historic American Building Survey. Belmont School, Grand Forks County, City of Grand Forks, North Dakota

Photographs, Historical and Descriptive Information, 1997. (Photo 2072)
55 copy photographic prints
Report (30 leaves)

History

This historic recordation projects was conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a result of the 1997 flood in Grand Forks and the federal disaster declaration for the state. The study was prepared by Architectural Resources Group of San Francisco, California. After the completion of the survey projects, the school was destroyed due to flood mitigation.

Scope and Content

The survey on the Belmont School in Grand Forks, N.D. includes a written report (30 leaves) with an identification log of the photographs included, followed by copy photographic prints of the exterior and interior of the school. The report includes sections devoted to physical history, historical context, architectural information, sources of information, and project information. It also includes reproductions of six photographs and copies of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps for the building and drawings of the building’s three floors. This is followed by a short description of each of the images in the collection. The photograph collection consists of fifty-five 4 x 5 in. copy prints showing contemporary views of the exterior and interior of the building, including architectural details.

The photographs were taken by Bruce Judd and Monica Griesbach. The header for the prints states the negatives are held at the University of North Dakota, but the transmittal letter states the original negatives are held at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Accompanying this collection at the time of donation was a similar survey done for the South Middle School in Grand Forks which is processed as Photo Collection 2071.

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