Waldron Arts Center, also known as the Old City Hall and Fire Station, is a historic

city hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

located at

Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the List of municipalities in Indiana, seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside ...

. It was built in 1915, and is a three-story rectangular Beaux-Arts style

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building. Additions were made in 1950 and 1972. It features a modest entrance

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. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1989. It is located in the Courthouse Square Historic District.

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City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1915 Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana Buildings and structures in Bloomington, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana {{MonroeCountyIN-NRHP-stub