Tenney Fire Hall
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| Tenney Fire Hall | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 200 Concord Ave, Tenney Minnesota |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Area: | 336 square feet |
| Built/Founded: | 1904 [1] |
| Architect: | A. W. Haugen |
| Added to NRHP: | July 17, 1980 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80002186 [2] |
| MPS: | Wilkin County MRA |
| Governing body: | Local |
The Tenney Fire Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a small (24x14') metal-sided wood frame building with a bell tower and flag mast, located in Tenney, Minnesota.
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[edit] Functions
The Fire Hall was built to house the town's two hand-pulled chemical fire engines. The engines were used in conjunction with a large curbed well with a double stroked pump, an arrangement which was not abandoned until 1924.[3] The rearmost part of the building also contained the town jail.
[edit] History
The building was erected in 1904 and was used for many years as a meeting house, a polling station, and of course as a fire hall and jail. During the 1990s the private owner had hoped to take measures to preserve the Fire Hall and to make it a viable attraction, but his efforts were hamstrung by the state and federal regulations governing the type of actions that can be taken with regard to moving or refurbishing properties on the NRHP. Today the Fire Hall is still privately owned and in poor condition, but the city is hopeful of acquiring it and performing important repairs.
[edit] Significance
According the the National Register's Inventory-Nomination Form, the Fire Hall is significant for the following reasons:
- "Government functions were often centered in towns, [including] places as small as Tenney with its Fire Hall..."
- "Though of simple metal-sided, frame construction, the diminutive Tenney Fire Hall...is a visual landmark in the small town."
[edit] References
- ^ Impromptu Web Query
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ unpublished town history compiled by the city for its 1985 centennial, author uncredited
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