- City:
- Brandon, MN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- F. Boes Pfeifer
Description
The Brandon Auditorium and City Hall was designed by F. Boes Pfeifer, built by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), and completed in 1936.
The new Village Hall at Brandon was built by the WPA at a cost of $65,000. It has two stories and measures 116×44, a wing measure of 25×27. It has a concrete foundation and fieldstone exterior walls with cast stone trim. It also has reinforced concrete first floor slabs, steel beams and wood joists in second floor and roof. The basement accommodates the boiler and fuel rooms and locker rooms. The first floor has an auditorium, stage, lobby, fire hall, and locker rooms. On the second floor are a balcony, council room, and projection room.
Source notes
https://www.brandonmn.com/HistoricCityHall.htm https://brandonmnhistorycenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/brandon-history-center-at-begining-of.htmlSite originally submitted by Seth Hardmeyer on January 11, 2015.
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