The Ronald N. Davies Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse was constructed in 1906 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Made of limestone and yellow brick, the building’s Beaux-Arts design accentuates symmetry, central emphasis, and classical ornamentation. In 1936, a demand for more space prompted construction of a three-story addition to the rear of the building and, in 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2002, the building was named after Ronald N. Davies, who served as a District Judge in the District of North Dakota from 1955 to 1996. Among Judge Davies’ many accomplishments includes when, in 1957, on temporary assignment to Little Rock, Arkansas, Judge Davies ordered local high schools to integrate “with all deliberate speed” following the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

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