John W. Ross

Deceased Person

1848 – 1914

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Who was John W. Ross?

John W. Ross was the first licensed architect in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He designed many buildings in eastern North Dakota, including the 1901 Gothic revival St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Warsaw and the Larimore City Hall, which was built in 1890.

He was born in Germany in 1848, "was brought to America by his parents when a lad of but four summers", and grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He studied architecture under Charles Ross, a leading architects in La Crosse. John W. Ross died in Grand Forks in 1914.

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Born
1848
Also known as
  • John Ross
Died
1914

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on July 23, 2013

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