Nome SchoolhouseBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Two regional entities are celebrated during the 2023 Governor’s Travel and Tourism Awards in Bismarck. The Lights in West Fargo was given the Flint Firestarter Award for a tourism development project. The award recognizes a new offering that has opened in a downtown district that has the potential to attract visitors and enhance the Main…
NOME, N.D. (KVRR) – Two women spent years turning an abandoned century old schoolhouse into an international destination in rural North Dakota. Now they’re getting national recognition for their hard work. The Nome Schoolhouse won the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The award is for preservation of a building and…
NOME, N.D. (KVRR) — For two and a half years we’ve been following the story of the Nome Schoolhouse, a 105-year-old building in the tiny town of Nome, North Dakota, southeast of Valley City. The building had been abandoned for nearly 50 years when Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg bought it in late 2018. They both owned fiber arts…
After nearly three years of work, the Nome Schoolhouse is celebrating its grand opening this week. Owners Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg bought an abandoned schoolhouse in Nome, North Dakota in 2018, southeast of Valley City. They spent years fixing the building and renovating it. Now, there’s an events space, a boutique hotel, camping space, classroom space, a restaurant…
Opening Day is quickly approaching for a major renovation project designed to turn a small North Dakota town into a destination. Teresa Perleberg & Chris Armbrust have been working for more than two years renovating the once-abandoned Nome Schoolhouse building originally built in 1916. They’re already hosting arts events and have a bar open once a week. Eventually the…
A years-long project is revitalizing a once-abandoned building and turning a small Barnes County town into an arts destination. And this week, the women behind it are celebrating. They’ve been renovating the 104-year-old schoolhouse in Nome, North Dakota for nearly two years. Now, they’re ready to celebrate finishing phase one of the project, the school’s gym. Their grand opening…
You can find out where your knitted, quilted and crochet goodies come from, and how to make them yourself at the weekend’s Fiber Arts Festival. This year’s event is Saturday and Sunday at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds. You can meet plenty of the adorable animals that supply material for yarn, like sheep and even rabbits. We met the adorable…
Two women we profiled earlier this year on KVRR Local News are asking for your help this morning. They’re trying to renovate a 100-plus year old schoolhouse and help revitalize a tiny North Dakota Town. Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg join Adam Ladwig on the morning show. They brought an adorable month-old bottle lamb with them. The pair bought…
NOME, N.D. –Two women we profiled earlier this year on KVRR Local News are asking for your help this morning. They’re trying to renovate a 100-plus year old schoolhouse and help revitalize a tiny North Dakota Town. Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg bought the schoolhouse in Nome, North Dakota last year. They’re planning to turn to formerly abandoned Barnes…
NOME, N.D. – Time has a funny way of working. It can crumble buildings. But time can also stand still, preserving memories for generations. In a small town about an hour southwest from Fargo, there’s an effort to reverse the damage time has caused while bringing the memories it preserved into the light for a new audience. Drive into the…
