Rudolf Hotel Explained

Rudolf Hotel
Location:Central Ave. and 2nd St., Valley City, North Dakota
Coordinates:46.9225°N -98.0025°W
Built:1907
Architect:Ross, John W.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:February 10, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83001926

The Rudolf Hotel in Valley City, North Dakota is a three-story hotel building that was built in 1907. It was designed by John W. Ross in Classical Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Its significance recognized in the listing was for its association with Rudolph Giselius (1872-1944), for its example of work by North Dakota architect John W. Ross (1848–1914), for it being the oldest hotel in Valley City, and for its role in the local business and social community through the years. At the listing date in 1983, it had been vacant since 1977.[1]

Its basement was site of Kiwanis Club meetings, and the first meeting of the North Dakota Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association (in 1942).[2] [3]

It has since been converted to senior-living apartments, named Rudolf Square.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83001926}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rudolf Hotel ]. Bonnie J. Halda and Norman E. Triebwasser . December 1982 . National Park Service. and
  2. Web site: North Dakota Angus Association: History . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130608034219/http://www.ndangus.com/history.html . 2013-06-08 .
  3. Web site: North Dakota Angus Association. North Dakota Angus Association. February 1, 2020.
  4. Web site: Valley City museum curator puts old home movies on YouTube . February 21, 2010 . Associated Press / The Bismarck Tribune.