This 1878 photograph looks west on Front Street (Main Avenue) from Broadway. The small building on the left was built in March 1878 for the First National Bank. In 1879, the bank built a larger brick building just south of the wooden building shown. The building to the west (of the bank was a Mr. Maddock's store, circa 1873-1894, which became the Fargo Post Office for awhile. The building at the far right is the Sherman House which sat at the corner of Front and Seventh Streets.The signs on the larger buidling in the centerread Arcade" and "drig Store." I can't identify the other buildings. The same scene can seen facing east here.

This photograph is from the F. J. Haynes Collection (2029.8.13) of the North Dakota State University, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.