George M. Black was an early merchant in Fargo who opened The Black Store on Broadway in 1912. In 1929, after witnessing the stock market collapse, he sold his store to Sears Roebuck and Company and used the proceeds to finance construction of the Black Building, the eight-story office tower at 114 Broadway. Completed in 1931, the Black Building housed Sears in 40,000 square feet while the rest became premier office space with the modern amenities of its time. It was North Dakota's tallest building until five years later, when the capitol building in Bismarck was built at 21 stories. Its original sign was installed in the 1930s and removed in the 1970s, and the current sign was installed in 2019 in its likeness. The Fargo Theatre, whose dazzling marquee became an iconic image of Downtown Fargo, began construction in the fall of 1925 and was completed in six months as a cinema and vaudeville theatre. Today it is fully restored in art deco style and is home to the Mighty Wuriltzer, a restored theatre pipe organ still used for special showings, and its two auditoriums host films, ballet performances, concerts, live comedy, and more.