Von Hoffman House, Historic brick house in Medora, United States.
The Von Hoffman House is a residential building from the 1880s located at Broadway and 5th Street in Medora, North Dakota. The structure features common-bond brick construction and contains period furnishings and original objects that reflect how people lived during that era.
The house was built in 1884 for Louis and Athenais von Hoffman when the Marquis de Mores commissioned it as a home for his wife's parents. The property sat at the heart of Medora's economic activity during the late 1800s.
The house is also called the Medora Doll House, a name tied to Medora von Hoffmann, the Marquis de Mores's wife, for whose parents the home was built. Its brickwork comes from Peter Book's Medora brick factory, the same builder behind St. Mary's Catholic Church.
The house stands at the corner of Broadway and 5th Street in Medora, North Dakota, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The listing covers one contributing building and one contributing structure, so look for both the brick house and the associated structure on the grounds.
The house is also called the Medora Doll House. It was built by Peter Book, who owned and ran a Medora brick factory in the mid-1880s and also built St. Mary's Catholic Church, another NRHP-listed building in town.
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