About

Heritage Village was founded July 1976 and incorporated September 20, 1985. The property, located at 219 20 Street NE; East Grand Forks was purchased in 1994 from the Area Vocational Technical Institute; now the Northland Community & Technical College. Over time historical buildings have been moved onto the Heritage Village property including the Granville church, a schoolhouse, a town hall, Sherlock house, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a sawmill and a barn. Heritage Village volunteers restored the buildings to the 1800’s era. Volunteers erected 3 additional buildings, the Maury, Beier, and Hagen buildings to house the antique equipment that they restore. 

Heritage Village has 3 annual events: Heritage Days the third week of August, Haunted Heritage Village the weekend before Halloween and the Holiday Festival the second Saturday of December. They have an annual fund raiser called ‘Fun’d Night’ in April. 

The Amundson building classroom is available for community education classes. Heritage Village has partnered with the Greater Grand Forks Train Club. Together they educate the public on both railroad history and railroad safety. Heritage Village hosts youth organizations for events. 4-H, Girl Scouts and Scouting America hold events at the Heritage Village. Heritage Village partnered with the Dakota Science Center in 2006 to bring environmental education to the community.  Each year the water festival is held at Heritage Village the first week of May.