Fargo · Red River Valley: Fargo
Hotel Donaldson
Fargo's 1894 Odd Fellows Hall, restored in 2003 as a 17-room hotel with each room built around one regional artist's work; a contributing building in the Downtown Fargo District.
- Built
- 1894Built 1894 as the Odd Fellows Hall, after Fargo's June 1893 fire (the hotel gives 1893). A third story was added in 1915-16, when the upper floors became the Hotel Donaldson.
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- Architect
- Orff and Joralemon (Minneapolis), 1894 building; architect of the 1915-16 third story not named
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 17
- Area
- Red River Valley: Fargo
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows built this hall in 1894, as Fargo rebuilt after the fire of June 1893, to a design by the Minneapolis firm Orff and Joralemon, with shops at street level and a ballroom upstairs. In 1915-16 a third story went on, added so carefully that the National Register nomination says it isn’t apparent, and the upper floors became the Hotel Donaldson, a workingman’s hotel. It was remodeled in 1928, turned into apartments in 1974 and closed in 2000. Karen Stoker spent three years restoring the building and reopened it in 2003 as a 17-room boutique hotel, with each room built around the work of one regional artist. It is a contributing building in the Downtown Fargo District, listed on the National Register in 1983. Slainte Holdings, owners of the Blarney Stone pubs, bought the hotel in 2022.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 101 Broadway N, Fargo, ND 58102
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Last verified November 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.