The downtown fire station, at NP avenue and Roberts Street now stands at the building site. Their works serve as icons of the Red River Valley, but many of their names have been long forgotten.
History books describe the homes, business centers and public buildings they designed and built.
But there are few words about the men who designed the buildings that became as significant in the city as the people who inhabited them. He has made it his life's work to research and record the influences, trends and work of Great Plains architects. North Dakota settlement was a fairly orderly progression from east to west along the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads. The progression of design style in North Dakota also was fairly orderly, following trends in education and national design styles. Transformation in style Ramsay said many of the early architects reflect a trend in styles and within the profession.