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Grafton Parks and Recreation
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Cash Bingo
  • Programs
    • Youth Soccer
    • Golf Lessons
    • Swimming Lessons
    • Pickleball Camp
    • Baseball / Fastpitch
    • Registration Options
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    • Leistikow Park Campground
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    • Centennial Center Arena
    • Outdoor Ice Rinks
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  • Pool
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Elmwood rental: $25.00 an hour

Here you'll find helpful information in PDF format.

Elmwood Brochure (pdf)

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Elmwood Info (pdf)

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Elmwood Reservation Form (pdf)

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specialty rentals

Open house/ graduation

$200.00

Groom's dinner

$200.00

Wedding reception

$200.00

Bridesmaids Prep.

$200.00

Bride & bridesmaids use the Elmwood house to prepare for the wedding to be held at a different venue.

outdoor wedding

$200.00

Use the beautiful Elmwood property for the perfect backdrop to your wedding. Does not include access into the Elmwood house.

wedding with house

$350.00

*Includes Bridesmaids Prep.


other fees

alcohol permit

Purchase at City Hall

Available at Grafton City Hall Call 701-352-1561 for More Information.

extra Day to set up / Clean up

$50.00

card table cloth

$5.00

dinning room table cloth

$10.00

*cleaning fee

*$100.00

**It is the responsibility of the renting party to do a general clean-up (wash and put away your dishes, wipe up any spills, and remove your garbage). The representative of Elmwood assigned to your event will put away tables/chair after your event. A MINIMUM of $100 cleaning fee will be charged for any rental that required additional cleaning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Elmwood was built in 1985 by C.A.M. Spencer, the state's 2nd attorney general. The house features fine art glass & birdseye maple & oak woodwork. Elmwood boasts a one -of-a-kind carved staircase. In the middle of the 20th century, Luther and Mary Nancy Williamson, owners of one of ND's last independent milk companies, bought Elmwood and had it registered in the National Register of Historic Places. In1986 Williamsons donated the property to the ND Parks and Rec Dept. Grafton Parks and Recreation acquired Elmwood in 2007. 


By appointment only. Call the office at 701-352-1842 for information on how to make an appointment. Situated on 20 acres, on an oxbow of the Park River in NE Grafton, Elmwood makes a beautiful Event Center. 

We rent out Elmwood for $25.00/hr and we also have some specialty rates for Graduations, Weddings, etc. starting at $200 per day.

Day before set up, and day after tear down is available at a rate or $25.00 per hour.


Elmwood Board of Directors. The Elmwood board fundraises to pay for expenses and upkeep on the beautiful historic home. Their emails are listed below. 


No. No pets are allowed in Historic Elmwood. We apologize for any inconvenience this rule may cause.


contact us

elmwood board of directors:

Kristy Dahl- President - kbdahl@invisimax.com

 Bonnie Kalbrener- Vice President - bkalbrener@hotmail.com

Sandy Stark- Treasurer - lazya@polarcomm.com

Linda Rud- Secretary - herbug72@hotmail.com


Carol Tallackson caroltallackson@gmail.com
Cheryl Vistad crvistad@gra.midco.net
Sonya Hajicek sonyahajicek@hotmail.com
Loretta Moe

Rental sheets

Elmwood rental sheets are available at GPR office, or at the top of this page 

(you'll need a printer). An elmwood representative listed above will contact you once you have paid for your rental, and let you onto the Elmwood Property. 

elmwood Decked out for the holidays

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