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Tower Fire Hall

Coordinates: 47°48′18.5″N 92°16′29.5″W / 47.805139°N 92.274861°W / 47.805139; -92.274861
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Tower Fire Hall
Tower Fire Hall viewed from the north
Tower Fire Hall is located in Minnesota
Tower Fire Hall
Tower Fire Hall is located in the United States
Tower Fire Hall
LocationMain Street, Tower, Minnesota
Coordinates47°48′18.5″N 92°16′29.5″W / 47.805139°N 92.274861°W / 47.805139; -92.274861
AreaLess than one acre
Builtc. 1895
Architectural styleCommercial Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.80004355[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1980

Tower Fire Hall is a former fire station in Tower, Minnesota, United States. It was built around 1895 as the first fire station on the Iron Range, when the wooden construction, crowded lots, and inadequate plumbing infrastructure of the early mining boomtowns made fire a particular danger.[2] Tower Fire Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the theme of social history.[3] It was nominated for reflecting the region's serious danger of and response to fires.[2]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Skrief, Charles (1979-09-10). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Old Fire Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-07-10. With one accompanying photo from 1979
  3. ^ "Tower Fire Hall". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-07-10.