The Brandon Auditorium and Fire Hall, on Holmes Ave. in

Brandon, Minnesota Brandon is a city in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 501 at the 2020 census. History The village of Brandon was incorporated on November 22, 1881. The current town site was laid out when the railroad was being buil ...

, is a historic

fire station __NOTOC__ A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire ...

and other facility. It has also been known as the Brandon Auditorium and City Hall. It was built as a

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

project during 1935–36. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1985. It is a unique municipal hall. It has been described as Minnesota's most creative WPA construction project and a symbol of its dual success in generating jobs and public buildings. Now the Brandon History Center. It was designed by Minneapolis architect F. Boes Pfeifer to serve as a combination gymnasium/auditorium, fire hall, and village office. It had a stage, and a balcony with a movie projection booth. The two-stall fire engine garage was no longer operational since the 1970s. With

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Works Progress Administration in Minnesota Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Defunct fire stations in Minnesota City and town halls in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Minnesota Buildings and structures completed in 1935 {{Minnesota-NRHP-stub