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Ellendale - Tour of the Core City

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Tour Overview

This is a tour of major business locations on Main Street, and significant locations on the two adjacent streets. A tour of the Majority of Business

TOUR DESCRIPTION

Welcome to the Tour of the Core City. This tour is a historical walk through the Ellendale business district, with a side trip up to the School and Courthouse. This tour was developed by the Ellendale Historical Society with assistance from the Ellendale Area Foundation. Inquires should be directed to Ken Smith at colemanmuseum@gmail.com.

While you are at it, please visit and like our Facebook page, which is at https://www.facebook.com/ellendalehistoricalsociety

Those interested in documentary resources related to Ellendale history, especially Ellendale High School Yearbooks, S.N.I./Teacher's College Yearbooks, and various newspaper and magazine articles, etc. touching on our local history, go to www.archive.org and use the search term "Coleman Museum."

More tours will be posted here later. Our next projects here will be a detailed tour of the college campus and a driving tour, which will present important historical landmarks in and around the Ellendale area.

Thanks for visiting this PocketSights tour. Your comments, questions, and suggestions are extremely valuable to us. Have a great day!

Stops

  1. Stop 1: 50 Main - Coleman Memorial Museum (Originally Farmers National Bank)

  2. Stop 2: 62 & 66 Main - The Laundry Room / Calico Cat

  3. Stop 3: Houghton's Meat Market (center of the empty space)

  4. Stop 4: 281 & Main - Brandenburger Park / Walk of Fame Plaques

  5. Stop 5: 95 Main St W. - Dickey Hotel / Nodak Hotel & Cafe Site

  6. Stop 6: 79 Main - American Legion / Leiby Drug / Rithmiller Tax, Choice Financial

  7. Stop 7: 67 W. Main - Crabtree Insurance

  8. Stop 8: 105 Main - Ellendale Opera House

  9. Stop 9: 45 Main - Mertz Lumber / Dunphy Hardware

  10. Stop 10: 45 Main - Milwaukee Depot

  11. Stop 11: Great Northern Railroad Depot

  12. Stop 12: Ellendale Power Plant

  13. Stop 13: Railroad Avenue

  14. Stop 14: Railroad Avenue Livery Barn

  15. Stop 15: 62 1st St. S. – Harvest Gardens (NW Corner of Lot) / 1st Roy & Guy Lynde Ford Garage

  16. Stop 16: Lacey & Barta / Otto Gerling Blacksmith Shop

  17. Stop 17: 66 1st St. S. - NAPA Store / Ralph Lynde Auto

  18. Stop 18: 67 1st Ave S. - Ellendale Community Center / Redlin Implement

  19. Stop 19: 100 Main - Starion / 1st National Bank

  20. Stop 20: 112 Main - W.W. Woodward Company / Kosel's Four Seasons

  21. Stop 21: 116 Main - Ellendale Bakery / Fran’s Bakery & Cafe

  22. Stop 22: 118 Main - Body Shop / Bjornstad Building / Ben Franklin

  23. Stop 23: 126 Main - Lyric Theater

  24. Stop 24: 136 Main - Mahler's Village Variety

  25. Stop 25: 144 Main - Corner Corral / North American Creamery / L.S. Jones General Merchandise Store

  26. Stop 26: 141 Main - Sanford Health Clinic / Roy & Guy Lynde Chrysler Garage / Linder TV

  27. Stop 27: 139 Main – True Value Hardware

  28. Stop 28: 129 Main - Seyer Plumbing & Heating

  29. Stop 29: 125 Main – Prairie Floral and Gifts / Stout Abstract / Ellendale Dry Cleaners

  30. Stop 30: 121 Main - Baldwin Building / Dickey County Abstract & Title

  31. Stop 31: 117 Main - Ellendale Pharmacy . Axtell-Amphlett/Rexall Drug

  32. Stop 32: 111 Main—Rath Optometry / Helder’s Barber Shop

  33. Stop 33: 105 Main - Cutting Edge / Dobler & Brown’s Meat Market

  34. Stop 34: 101 Main - Merkel CPA / Blumer's Grocery / Town Hub Grocery

  35. Stop 35: 200 Main - Ellendale Masonic Lodge

  36. Stop 36: 210 Main - Dakota Dental Care

  37. Stop 37: 216 Main - DMV / Dickey County Leader Office

  38. Stop 38: 241 Main - Evergreen Place / Ellendale Hospital / Site of Original Courthouse

  39. Stop 39: 55 3rd Ave. S. - City Hall, Water Tower

  40. Stop 40: 301 Main - Bjornstad Park / Ellendale Municipal Pump House

  41. Stop 41: 321 N. 1st St, - Ellendale Public School

  42. Stop 42: 421 2nd Ave. N. - St. Helena’s Catholic Church

  43. Stop 43: 309 N. 2nd St. - Dickey County Courthouse

  44. Stop 44: 115 3rd Ave. N. Original Presbyterian Church / Zion Lutheran Church

  45. Stop 45: 121 1st St. N. – Char's Food Pride / Ulmer's Jack and Jill

  46. Stop 46: 111 1st St. N – Ellendale Post Office

  47. Stop 47: 47. 61 1st St N. - Blumhardt’s Chevrolet & Lots

  48. Stop 48: 71 1st St N. – Pheasant Lanes Bowling

  49. Stop 49: 50 N. 1st St. Carquest/Cenex Automotive / Salzer Lumber

  50. Stop 50: End of Tour - Ellendale Coleman Museum

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