Other Fargo hotels are listed below. In most cases, I know little more than what I describe below. The dates listed, if any, indicate the date of the telephone book, advertisement, or other documented date at which the hotel existed.

  • Addison. 109 9th Street North (1923-5)
  • Arlington Hotel. Located on the southwest corner of Front and Ninth Streets according to the 1885/6 Fargo City Directory.
  • Belmont Hotel. 302 Front Street (1923-5)
  • Bossarts Hotel. 304 1/2 Broadway (1952-3)
  • Broadway House. Located at 505 Broadway according to the 1883 Fargo City Directory.
  • Central Hotel. Located at 223 First Avenue North according to the 1883, 1893, and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories. Still in business in 1923.
  • Charbonneau Hotel. 302 1/2 Broadway. (1952-7)
  • City Hotel. Located at 505 Broadway according to the 1883 Fargo City Directory. Located at 208 Front Street according to the 1895/6 Fargo City Directory.
  • Elliott Hotel. 608 1st Avenue North (1923-5). Located at 68 Broadway according to the 1895/6 Fargo City Directory.
  • Elliott House. Located at 611 NP Avenue according to the 1883 and 1893 Fargo City Directories.
  • Elgin Hotel. 507 1/2 NP Avenue. (1952-7) H.E. Johnson, owner.
  • First Avenue Hotel. Located at 512 First Avenue North according to the 1893 and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories.
  • T.J. Flamer Hotel. 307 1st Avenue North (1923-5). Listed as Flamer House at that address in the 1883, 1893, and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories.
  • Gladstone Hotel. 421 1/2 NP Avenue (1923-5)
  • Great Northern Hotel. Located at 424 Broadway according to the 1895/6 Fargo City Directory. Still listed in the Fargo telephone book in 1923-4.
  • Hotel Grande. Corner of NP Avenue and Fifth Street ("Opera House Block"). NP Avenue. J.F. Sullivan, Proprietor. (1893)
  • Hotel Boulger. The hotel was located at 223 Broadway (at the corner of Third Avenue). Boulger & Son were listed as proprietors in the 1893 and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories. It advertised rates of $1 and $1.50 per day; table board $5 per week; and Room and Board for $7 per week and up.
  • Howard Hotel. 322 1/2 Broadway (1952-3)
  • Hutchins Hotel. 324 Broadway. (1925)
  • Ideal Hotel. 316 1/2 Front Street. (1923-5)
  • Isis Hotel. 218 1/2 Broadway. (1952-7)
  • Iverson Hotel. 413 NP Avenue. (1952-7)
  • J.P. McNelis Hotel. 115 1/2 Broadway. (1924-5). In 1952-7 this was the Franklin Hotel.
  • Kennedy Hotel. 512 1/2 Front Street (1923-5)
  • Leland Hotel. 223 Broadway (1925)
  • Manitoba House. Located at 422 Broadway according to the 1883 and 1893 Fargo City Directories.
  • Merchants Hotel. Located at 312 Front Street according to the 1883 Fargo City Directory. Gone by 1893.
  • Michigan House. Located at 217 NP Avenue according to the 1883, 1893, and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories.
  • National Hotel. Located at the corner of Front Street and 15th Street South according to the 1883, 1893, and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories.
  • New Palace Hotel. 324 Broadway. (1923-56). Became Palace Hotel at 324 Broadway (1957).
  • Norman House. Located at 64 Fifth Street North according to the 1883 and 1893 Fargo City Directories.
  • Northwestern Hotel. 10 South 3rd Street. (1952-7)
  • Powers Hotel Annex. 319 Broadway. (1924-5).
  • Ramer House. Located at the southwest corner of Front Street and 9th Street according to the 1883 and 1893 Fargo City Directories. T.C. Rice, proprietor. Rooms $1 to $1.25 per day. Board $4-5 per week.
  • Rand Hotel. 521 1/2 2nd Avenue North (1952-7)
  • Roberts Hotel. 302 1/2 Broadway. (1923-4)
  • St. Clare Hotel. 71 1/2 North 5th Street. (1952-7)
  • St. James Hotel. 67 Broadway. (1923-5).
  • St. Paul House. Located at 510 Front Street according to the 1883 Fargo City Directory.
  • Salvation Army Hostel. 220 1/2 Front Street (1924)
  • Swart House. Located at 110 8th Street North according to the 1883, 1893, and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories.
  • The Sherman. Corner of Broadway and Second Avenue North. [1886]. Sherman House located at 322 Front Street according to the 1893 Fargo City Directory.
  • Sheridan House. Located at 520 Front Street according to the 1893 Fargo City Directory.
  • Tourist Hotel. 214 1/2 Front Street (1952-3). Renamed the Williams Hotel by 1955-7.
  • Union Hotel. Located at 316 Front Street according to the 1883, 1893, and 1895/6 Fargo City Directories.
  • Victory Hotel. 508 1/2 1st Avenue North (1952-7)
  • West Hotel. 67 1/2 Broadway. (1952-7)

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The first hotel in Fargo was a tent hotel operated by A. F. Pinkham in Fargo in the Timber. The first permanent structure used as a hotel was the Elm Tree Inn run by Clarence Martin.

As the "Gateway to the West" and the largest city on the NP railroad between St. Paul and Seattle, many travelers stopped in Fargo and many commercial travelers (salesmen) used Fargo as their headquarters. As a result, many hotels grew in Fargo.

Listed below are links to individual pages about or mentioning early Fargo hotels.

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