Lyons Garage (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Lyons Garage is a building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was built in 1929 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2] 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 is not included in the National Register listing.[2][3]

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

The Lyons Garage is one of two "outstanding" buildings, both one story and both "done in polychrome brick of yellow and red", that "represent the Tudor Revival",[1] within the Downtown Grand Forks area whose historic resources were surveyed in 1981; the Northern Pacific Depot and Freight House is the other.[1]

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

References
  1. Norene Roberts & Joe Roberts (November 30, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places: Downtown Grand Forks MRA". National Park Service. p. 4.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. 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


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