Stock Exchange Bank

Built in 1908 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Ellis County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1908, Romanesque Revival architecture.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Main St., Fargo, 73840
When was it listed? October 1983
Category. building
Also known as. Banking Facilities in Ellis County TR
Census division. Northeast Ellis
When was it built? 1908
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 83004173 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stock Exchange Bank: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Limestone, General	Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this property

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fargo, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 20 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo	$15,000	Two trees were downed, and railroad crossing arms were damaged.
May 2017	Hail	Fargo	$10,000	Vehicles and houses damaged by wind blown hail.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo	$5,000	Numerous power poles and trees downed. Damage to a wind turbine was reported.
November 2015	Tornado (EF2)	Fargo	$3,000	The first damage known to occur with this tornado was damage to trees near EW 34 Road and NS 184 Road. A home received damage, sheds were destroyed, and trees were snapped between NS 186 and NS 187 on EW 31 Road. This tornado moved into Harper County west of Fort Supply.
April 1999	Lightning	Fargo	$1,500	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo	$500	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Fargo	-	MPing report.
August 2023	Hail	Fargo	-	Social media report.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo	-	Several trees and 10 electrical poles were blown down. The Ag building at the vocational school in town was totally destroyed, as were several smaller out buildings. Windows were broken out of several buildings and one roof was ripped off of a mobile home. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
May 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Fargo	-	A tornado touched down briefly north of Fargo destroying a trailer and damaging trees and power lines. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Fargo	-	Water was flowing over State Highway 46 making it impassable.
May 2022	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
February 2007	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fargo	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed
August 1993	Hail	Fargo	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83004173 in Record Group 79.
Ellis County	All 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.