Lyons Garage (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Lyons Garage
Location214-218 N. 4th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates47°55′35″N 97°2′3″W / 47.92639°N 97.03417°W / 47.92639; -97.03417
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1929
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPSDowntown Grand Forks MRA[2]
NRHP reference No.82001330[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 26, 1982
Removed from NRHPOctober 12, 2023

Lyons Garage was a building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was built in 1929 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] The rectangular building was built as an expansion of an adjacent Lyons Auto Supply company building that had been built in 1912.[3] The 1912 building was not included in the National Register listing.[1][3]

The Lyons Garage was one of two "outstanding" buildings, both one story and both "done in polychrome brick of yellow and red", that "represent the Tudor Revival",[2] within the Downtown Grand Forks area whose historic resources were surveyed in 1981; the Northern Pacific Depot and Freight House is the other.[2]

There had been reported paranormal activity in the building, including the apparition of small man in overalls carrying an old oil can.

The property was demolished in February 2022,[4] and was delisted from the National Register in 2023.

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Norene Roberts & Joe Roberts (November 30, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places: Downtown Grand Forks MRA". National Park Service. p. 4.
  3. ^ a b C. Kudzia; Norene and Joe Roberts; Gary Henricksen (September 1981). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Lyons Garage". National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1981
  4. ^ https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/work-starts-to-demolish-former-lyons-garage-and-auto-supply-building-for-new-development