City Hall – Omro WI

Description

Omro’s current city hall/administration building was originally a theater constructed in 1937:

“One of the few buildings in Omro’s downtown built during the Depression years was this fine late Art Deco-style movie theater, which was built using federal W.P.A. funds. Although simple in design, the massive buttresses that line its sides give it a monumentality that is unusual for such a small building. During World War II shell casings were manufactured in the basement by the Speed Queen Corp. while movies were being shown in the theater above. Later, a ladder factory occupied the basement. In 1966, the City remodeled the building as its new city hall and library.”

The library since moved, but the building still contains the city hall as well as the police department and other city offices.