George Hancock was an architect active in North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

, Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

 and Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. He moved to the area in 1882, settling in Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...

 with his brother Walter

Walter Hancock

Walter Hancock was an English inventor of the Victorian period. He is chiefly remembered for his steam powered road vehicles, but also received a patent for preparing and cutting indiarubber into sheets...

 when they were 33 and 17, respectively. After a fire destroyed much of Downtown Fargo in 1893, George and Walter designed around half of the replacement buildings. After advocating for a 1917 law requiring architects in North Dakota to be licensed, he and Walter became the first two licensed architects in the state.

Many of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

, with credit individually or as Hancock Brothers or variations. Their works include:

• Christ Episcopal Church and Rectory (Sheridan, Montana), SW jct. of Poppleton and Main Sts., Sheridan, Montana
  Sheridan, Montana
  Sheridan is a town in Madison County, Montana, United States named after the Civil War general Philip Sheridan. The population was 659 at the 2000 census. Sheridan is known as the "heart of the Ruby Valley." Seven majestic mountain ranges surround this beautiful community...
  
   (Hancock,George) NRHP-listed
• Episcopal Church of the Advent-Guild Hall, 501 6th St. E., Devil's Lake, North Dakota (Hancock, George) NRHP-listed
• Gallatin County High School
  Gallatin County High School
  The Gallatin County High School was a high school in Bozeman, Montana that was designed by Fred F. Willson and was built in 1902. It later was renamed Willson School when it was converted to a middle school....
  
  , 404 W. Main, Bozeman, Montana
  Bozeman, Montana
  Bozeman is a city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The 2010 census put Bozeman's population at 37,280 making it the fourth largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the Bozeman micropolitan area, which consists...
  
   (Hancock,George) NRHP-listed
• Grace Episcopal Church
  Grace Episcopal Church (Jamestown, North Dakota)
  Grace Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located at 405 2nd Avenue, North East, in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota. Designed in the Late Gothic Revival style of architecture by British-born Fargo architect George Hancock, it was built 1884 of local fieldstone...
  
  , 210 C Ave. S., Minnewaukan, ND (Hancock Brothers) NRHP-listed
• Grace Episcopal Church
  Grace Episcopal Church (Minnewaukan, North Dakota)
  Grace Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located at 210 C Avenue, South, in Minnewaukan, Benson County, North Dakota. Designed in the Gothic Revival style of architecture by Fargo architects The Hancock Brothers, it was built by local artisan Otis Kolstad in 1903 of local...
  
  , Jct. of 2nd Ave. NE. and 4th St. NE., NW corner, Jamestown, ND (Hancock,George) NRHP-listed
• Hotel Kaddatz, 111-113 W. Lincoln Ave., Fergus Falls, MN (Hancock,George) NRHP-listed
• One or more properties in Jamestown Historic District, Roughly bounded by First St., Fourth Ave., SE, Fifth St., and Second Ave., Jamestown, ND (Hancock Bros.) NRHP-listed
• The McHench Building, listed on the NRHP as part of Knerr Block, Floyd Block, McHench Building and Webster and Coe Building
  Knerr Block, Floyd Block, McHench Building and Webster and Coe Building
  The Knerr Block, Floyd Block, McHench Building and Webster and Coe Building is a set of four buildings in Fargo, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983....
  
  , 13, 15, 17-19, and 21-23 8th St., S., Fargo, ND (Hancock Brothers) NRHP-listed
• McLean County Courthouse, Fifth Ave., Washburn, ND (Hancock Bros.) NRHP-listed
• North Side Fargo High Style Residential Historic District, Roughly bounded by Twelfth Ave. N, Fourth St., Eleventh Ave. N, and Seventh St., Fargo, ND (Hancock,Walter & George) NRHP-listed
• Old Stone Church
  Old Stone Church (Buffalo, North Dakota)
  The former Old Stone Church, also known as Calvary Episcopal Chapel, is an historic stoneLate Gothic Revival-style Episcopal church building located at 206 North Wilcox Avenue in Buffalo, North Dakota, Built in 1885, it was designed by British architect George Hancock and built by Angus Beaton....
  
  , 206 N Wilcox Ave., Buffalo, ND (Hancock, George) NRHP-listed
• Park Elementary School, 121 6th Ave. South, Moorhead, MN (Hancock Bros.) NRHP-listed
• Powers Hotel
  Powers Hotel (Fargo, North Dakota)
  The Powers Hotel in Fargo, North Dakota, also known as The 400, was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.It was designed by Hancock Brothers and others....
  
  , 400 Broadway, Fargo, ND (Hancock Brothers & Kurke William) NRHP-listed
• St. James Catholic Church, 622 1st Ave., S., Jamestown, ND (Hancock Brothers) NRHP-listed
• St. James Episcopal Church and Rectory, 9 W. Olive, Bozeman, Montana (Hancock,George) NRHP-listed
• Seiler Building, 110 First St. E, Jamestown, ND (Hancock,George & Walter) NRHP-listed
• St. Mary's Academy, E. 7th St., Devils Lake, ND (Hancock Brothers) NRHP-listed
• St. Michael's Church
  St. Michael's Church (Grand Forks, North Dakota)
  St. Michael's Church is a property in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.It was built during 1908-1909, and includes Romanesque architecture....
  
  , 520 N. Sixth St., Grand Forks, ND (Hancock Bros.) NRHP-listed
• St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence
  St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence
  St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence is a property in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.Also known as St...
  
  , 813 Lewis Blvd., Grand Forks, ND (Hancock, George) NRHP-listed
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
  St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Casselton, North Dakota)
  The former St. Stephen's Episcopal Church also known as St. Stephen's Church, is an historic stone Gothic Revival-style Episcopal church building located on the southeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 5th Street in Casselton, North Dakota. Built in 1886, it was designed by British-born Fargo architect...
  
  , Jct. of 3rd Ave. and 5th St., SE corner, Casselton, ND (Hancock,George) NRHP-listed
• State Normal School at Valley City Historic District, Roughly bounded by College St., SE., Second Ave.,SE.,Viking Dr. and Second Ave., SW., Valley City, ND (Hancock Brothers) NRHP-listed
• Hannah C. and Peter E. Thompson House, 361 Second St., NE., Barnesville, MN (Hancock, Walter B., and Hancock, George) NRHP-listed