Steve Hoffbeck helps get GF property listed in National Register

Steve Hoffbeck helps get GF property listed in National Register

Steve Hoffbeck, History, wrote a nomination to get the Kegs Drive-In restaurant in Grand Forks, N.D., listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Read the full news release:

A drive-in restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government’s list of properties it considers worthy of preservation and recognition.

The Kegs Drive-In is made up of two barrel-shaped wooded structures, with a rectangular middle building that serves as the front counter for the drive-in restaurant. Originally built in 1935, each was an individual two story Barrel Root Beer Stand built by William Harry Muzzy. These barrels were built in an eclectic style of roadside buildings that fits within a category called “programmatic architecture.” By 1946, both barrels were moved to this location and became known as The Kegs Drive-In.  The Kegs has been serving frosty mugs of root beer and making the best burgers in Grand Forks for over 75 years. The State Historical Society of North Dakota announced the listing of the KEGS root beer stand this week.