University of North Dakota Historic District

The UND Historic District encompasses most of the historic core campus.  Its boundaries reach, roughly, from the English Coulee (west) to University Park (east), and from Campus Road (south) to 5th Avenue North (north).  The period of significance dates from UND’s establishment in 1883 until the end of the post-WWII building boom in 1965.  Buildings, spaces and structures (56 in all) that were affiliated with the university during that time frame, and which have retained a significant level of architectural or spacial integrity, are included in the historic district.

Campus architecture is dominated by an architectural style known as Collegiate Gothic.  This style features brick exteriors, stone window and door surrounds, crenellated parapets, gothic-arched entrances, and multi-light windows.  The prime example is Merrifield Hall (seen below) but most of the buildings on the main quadrangle are built in this style.  Tudor Revival is another popular campus architectural style; half-timbering with stucco and brickwork, steeply pitched roofs, and dormer windows are common elements.  Pi Beta Phi Sorority house and Alpha Phi Sorority house are excellent examples of this style.

Read the National Register nomination here.

 

President’s House (Oxford House), built 1903 Colonial Revival
UND Bachelors Club, built 1908 Tudor Revival
Medical Science Building, 1947 Collegiate Gothic
Merrifield Hall, 1929 Collegiate Gothic
Pi Beta Phi Sorority House, built 1928 Tudor Revival
Alpha Phi Sorority House, built 1928 Tudor Revival