4285 Tower Square, Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. County/parish: Crow Wing.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 26, 2004. NRIS 04000530.
2 contributing buildings.
The Cole Memorial Building is a historic municipal event hall in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1937 with New Deal funding, generating jobs and revenue for a community suffering the effects of the Great Depression. With an auditorium large enough to seat 400 people, the Cole Memorial Building served as a key venue for numerous local events. From 1941 to 1967 it was converted into a municipally-run cinema, the Lakes Theater, whose profits were channeled back into community improvements. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the A.L. Cole Memorial Building for having local significance in the themes of entertainment/recreation, politics/government, and social history. It was nominated for illustrating the long-lived benefits and substantial return on investment achieved with New Deal funding.
The Cole Memorial Building now houses a senior center and a museum operated by the Pequot Lakes Historical Society.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93200281