Wadena Fire and City Hall
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Wadena Fire and City Hall | |
 Wadena Fire and City Hall from the southwest | |
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| Location | 10 Southeast Bryant Avenue, Wadena, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 46°26′24.5″N 95°8′12.5″W / 46.440139°N 95.136806°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1912–13 |
| Built by | Harrison Bros. |
| Architect | Kirby T. Snyder |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88003228[1] |
| Designated | January 19, 1989 |
The former Wadena Fire and City Hall is a historic government building in Wadena, Minnesota, United States, built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 for having local significance in the theme of politics/government.[2] It was nominated for being a representative example of early-20th-century civic development and of the municipal buildings common to many small Minnesotan cities.[3] The building now houses a chiropractic clinic.
The old Wadena Fire and City Hall is a rectangular, two-story building of red brick with concrete details. The center of the ground floor façade is dominated by a large, semicircular arch with a raised concrete keystone. This is flanked by symmetrical doors with corbeled concrete lintels topped by smaller arched windows. The second floor is topped by a dentillated false cornice, a decorative panel of bricks in a herringbone pattern, and a crenelated parapet. Many of these decorations derive from Renaissance Revival architecture. The southwest corner of the building has an open belfry with a pyramidal roof and a concrete frieze embellished with festoons.[3]
