U.S. Post Office, Highway 85, Grassy Butte, McKenzie County, ND
Summary
Significance: Built by pioneer settlers in the small community of Grassy Butte. Logs hauled by John Hoffman and others, laid by John Marucheck, plastered by Carl Jagol, who learned his trade in Russia. First postmasters were Don McKenzie and his wife until 1947, and then their daughter until 1963.
Survey number: HABS ND-19
Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work
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post offices
log buildings
postal service
pioneers
grassy butte
post office
highway
grassy
butte
mckenzie
mckenzie county
north dakota
jack e boucher
historic american buildings survey
alison k hoagland
john hoffman
carl jagol
jim marucheck
john marucheck
tom marucheck
don mckenzie
photo
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high resolution
exterior
architecture
library of congress
Date
1914 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Marucheck, Tom
Marucheck, Jim
Hoffman, John
Marucheck, John
Jagol, Carl
McKenzie, Don
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Hoagland, Alison K, historian
Location
Grassy Butte
,
47.39251, -103.24797
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html