Seventh Street South begins at the NP Railroad Depot. It extends southward through only one block before becoming the western edge of Island Park. Its western side has been home to a number of businesses and residences. South of Eighth Avenue, Seventh Street is a residential area.
The image below is from a real photo postcard dated 1912. It look north along Seventh Street South from approximately First Avenue South. In the center, is the NP Depot on Front Street [Main Avenue]. On the east side of the street is deLendrecies and Doyle's Livery. Note that the picture was taken before deLendrecies additional floors to the building in 1904.
On the west side of the street is the Waldorf Hotel, the Prescott Hotel, and Colonial Flats.
The lower (color) photograph shops the same area almost 100 years later (in 2001). The NP Depot and the deLendrcie buildings are still there.
Fargo, North Dakota
Seventh Street South
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Buildings and Businesses
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The southwest corner of Seventh Street and Front Street [Main Avenue] has been home to a number of hotels: the Sherman House Hotel[1877- 189?], the Waldorf, Milner and Earle Hotels; [1899-1951], and later the Fargo National Bank [1958-1973].
- The southeast corner of Seventh Street and Front Street [Main Avenue] was the home to deLendrecies department store [1894-present]
- 5 Seventh Avenue South: Martin, Prescott, and Shields Hotel [189?-193?].
- 7 (?) Seventh Street South: Colonial Flats apartment building. Later becoming the Prescott Apartments at 23 Seventh Street South.
- 17 Seventh Street South: Landmark Building
